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Melissa McCarthy adds spice (and Spicer) as host of ‘SNL’

NEW YORK — Melissa McCarthy once again brought comic spice plus Spicer to “Saturday Night Live.”

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In this June 10, 2008 file photo, a member of staff at Waterstones holds a story written by JK Rowling donated by the author, for the What’s Your Story? auction in aid of English PEN and Dyslexia Action, in London.

Rare Harry Potter prequel stolen in British burglary

After a spate of guest appearances mocking White House press secretary Sean Spicer in recent weeks, she was back on Saturday’s edition of the NBC satire show to preside as host.

One sketch featured McCarthy as the hot-tempered Spicer commandeering his motorized podium through the streets of midtown Manhattan - a sequence spotted by the media on

LONDON - A rare Harry Potter prequel handwritten by author J.K. Rowling on a postcard has been stolen during a burglary in central England, police said on Friday as they appealed for help from fans of the wizard across the world.

The 800-word story, set three years before Harry Potter is born and which sold for 25,000 pounds ($32,152) at a charity auction in 2008, was stolen from a property in Birmingham between April 13-24.

“Please don’t buy this if you’re offered it,” Rowling wrote on Twitter.

“Originally auctioned for @englishpen, the owner supported writers’ freedoms by bidding for it.”

The proceeds of the auction were donated to English PEN, an organisation which champions freedom of expression, and to Dyslexia Action.

“The only people who will buy this unique piece are true Harry Potter fans. We are appealing to anyone who sees, or is offered this item for sale, to contact police,” said Constable Paul Jauncey from West Midlands Police.

Handwritten over two sides of an A5 postcard, the untitled prequel features the characters Sirius Black and Harry’s father James. It opens with a youthful Sirius and James cornered by two irate policemen at the end of a high-speed motorcycle chase.

After an exchange of words with the policemen, the two teenagers make their escape using a touch of magic. The card concludes with the words “From the prequel I am not working on -- but that was fun!”

More than 450 million copies of the seven original Harry Potter books have been sold worldwide in 79 languages. The movie franchise has grossed more than $7 billion worldwide. (rtr)

Friday while it was being filmed.

The show began with Alec Baldwin reprising his piercing impersonation of President Donald Trump. Interviewed by NBC News’ Lester Holt (actually cast member Michael Che), Trump was asked if he could assure the nation he wouldn’t name someone “crazy” to replace ousted FBI Director James Comey. Trump said his choice would be “so bonkers” everyone would wish it were Judge Judy.

McCarthy took repeated pies to the face as a hapless contestant on a game show called “Just Desserts!”

T h e n things got even more physical with the latest White H o u s e p r e s s briefing spoof.

The

sketch began with cast member Aidy Bryant playing Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House aide who subbed for Spicer for a few days last week. But quickly Spicer jumped from the bushes just outside the press room to reclaim his spot, pushing Sanders aside.

“Let me put this whole Russian thing to bed: Trump is innocent,” he seethed at the press corps. “How do we know? Because he TOLD us so!”

Then a reporter asked, “Were you surprised Trump fired Comey before he fired you?”

Blowing his top, Spicer ripped down a support column and hurled it at the reporter.

But was this true? Was Spicer’s job really in jeopardy? Had Trump been feeding him lies?

Spicer cranked up his motorized podium and hit the road for New York to confront Trump and find out.

“Have you ever told me to say things that aren’t true?” Spicer asked Trump after tracking him down.

“Only since you started working here,” Trump replied.

Then they kissed and made up, literally, with Trump and Spicer locked in a tight embrace. (ap)

In this Tuesday, June 7, 2016 file photo, Melissa McCarthy arrives at the ELLE Women in Comedy Event at Hyde Sunset in Los Angeles. McCarthy once again brought comic spice plus Spicer to “Saturday Night Live.”

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A screenshot of the warning screen from a purported ransomware attack, as captured by a computer user in Taiwan, is seen on laptop in Beijing, Saturday, May 13, 2017. Dozens of countries were hit with a huge cyberextortion attack Friday that locked up computers and held users’ files for ransom at a multitude of hospitals, companies and government agencies.

Cyber attack hits 200,000 in at least 150 countries -Europol

LONDON - Friday’s cyber attack hit 200,000 victims in at least 150 countries and that number could grow when people return to work on Monday, the head of the European Union’s police agency said on Sunday. Cyber security experts say the spread of the virus dubbed WannaCry - “ransomware” which locked up computers in car factories, hospitals, shops and schools in several countries - has slowed, but that any respite might be brief.

Europol Director Rob Wainwright told ITV’s Peston on Sunday programme the attack was unique in that the ransomware was used in combination with “a worm functionality” so the infection spread automatically.

“The global reach is unprecedented. The latest count is over 200,000 victims in at least 150 countries, and those victims, many of those will be businesses, including large corporations,” he said.

“At the moment, we are in the

face of an escalating threat. The numbers are going up; I am worried about how the numbers will continue to grow when people go to work and turn (on) their machines on Monday morning.”

He said Europol and other agencies did not yet know who was behind the attack but “normally it is criminally minded and that is our first working theory for obvious reasons”.

“Of course there are amounts that are being demanded, in this

case relatively small amounts $300 rising to $600 if you don’t pay within three days,” he said.

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Results of national exam announced

Mapping of education quality not available yet DENPASAR —After the results of the national exam for high school and vocational school were announced on the National Education Day (May 2), the Bali education agency has not been doing the mapping related to the quality of education. It includes whether there is an increase or decrease in the average scores obtained by students.

“It has not been done, but in short, the implementation lasted smoothly. Whether the score decreases or increases, it depends on the input because the participants (students) of the exam are not the same as last year, they are different,” said Secretary of Bali Education Agency, I Wayan Serinah, when confirmed on Thursday (May 4).

Serinah also claimed not to know whether or not Bali is included in the national rankings of the highest average scores of the national exam in Indonesia.

When separately confirmed, Chairman of Commission IV of the Bali House of Representatives, Nyoman Parta, criticized the education agency for slow provision of information related to the results of the national exam. Particularly, it is the report on mapping of the quality of education on the Island of the Gods to the Bali House of Representatives, whether there is an increase or decrease in the performance.

“The head of the agency told me that it still is making data collection. In East Java, a day after the announcement of the national exam results, similar agency has got the result if there is a decline in the score of 15 percent when compared to last year’s national exam results because it was implemented more honestly,” he said.

Parta also mentioned that implementation of the national computer-based examination (UNBK) in Bali is still less than 60 percent for high school. From the data at hand, only 71 high schools carried out this computer-based examination, while the 110 two high schools implemented national paper-pencilbased exam (UNKP). In the meantime, for vocational school, 110 schools are registered to carry out computer-based exam while the 55 other schools implemented paper-pencil-based exam. Actually, the computer-based exam strongly supports the honest implementation of national exam.

“Next year, the computer-based exam must be implemented 100 percent if we want to get a genuine mapping about the quality of our education,” added this PDI-P politician.

Currently, Parta actually admitted to be disappointed because the computer-based exam cannot be implemented in all the high schools and vocational schools (SMA/SMK). This reflects to the results of working visit of Commission IV to East Java, where this year it has implemented 100 percent of computer-based exam. Actually, East Java has 3,000 high schools and vocational schools in 38 districts and municipalities. Some districts are even classified into minus and mountainous areas.

“So, Bali that is actually better has already lost out compared to the mountainous areas in East Java. This happens because the provincial education agency of the region took action swiftly.

From the beginning, it has been working with Telkom and PLN, so that the implementation is clear. Most schools also requested computer assistance from employers and parents,” he explained.

Parta added that education affairs do not have to be totally submitted to school. Participation of parents and other stakeholders is also important. If there are high schools or vocational schools having no enough computers, they can actually work with other agencies or junior high schools.

“It does not necessarily mean that when borrowing computers they must be brought to school. Alternatively, the students can be sent to have exam there (at the school where they borrow computers). It is just a matter of innovation and courage to make decisions,” he concluded. (kmb32)

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PTSP never issues permit for 3,000 condotel rooms

It’s only principle approval for 340 rooms

MANGUPURA — As reported previously, not far from Geger Temple, Sawangan hamlet, South Kuta, there is a land arrangement activity suspected of a condotel development plan with 3,000 rooms carried out by China Country Garden.

Related to the activity, the government of Badung through the investment and integrated services (PTSP) admitted to have never issued any permission for condotel, let alone the number of rooms reaching 3,000 units.

According to Acting Head of PTSP Badung, I Made Sutama, accompanied by the Head of Licensing and People’s Prosperity, A.A. Rahmadi, stated at Badung Civic Center on Friday (May 12) that so far his agency never issued condotel permit with 3,000 rooms. However, he did not deny that his agency had previously issued a principle approval in the region.

However, the principle approval is not for condotel but for hotel business with a total of 340 rooms only. “Well, we have issued a principle approval, but not for that (condotel with 3,000 rooms—Ed),” he said.

He said that the principle approval issued is on behalf of Tarsius Kuntara No. 4203/BPPT/ Prinsip Hotel/VI/2015 with a total of 340 rooms. The approval was issued on June 30, 2015 with an area of 14 hectares.

Sutama asserted that his agen-

cy never issued the principle approval and building permit (IMB) for the condotel. “Maybe the location is almost the same in the area, but not for the China Country Garden,” he said.

Currently, added Sutama, the principle approval issued for Tarsius Kundara may have expired. Since the principle approval issued in 2015, so far it has not been followed up with other licensing process. As is known, if a principle approval is not followed by another permit process later than a year, automatically the principle approval is no longer valid.

“We have checked that in fact the principal approval has not been followed up, such as by submitting the environmental impact analysis (AMDAL) and building permit (IMB), so that it automatically expires,” he continued.

Thus, if there is development activity at the location, then it can be declared to be illegal.

“If there is such development, it must be stopped,” he said.

When met separately, the priest of Geger temple, Made Sania, said that formerly the land at the location is owned by

two families of local residents.

But long time ago, the land was already sold to a resident from Jakarta. Not long ago, it is rumored if the land has been sold again, and purchased by a Chinese investor.

“F o r me r ly, th is lan d w as owned by local residents and was then purchased by a resident from Jakarta. After that, the land was resold,” said temple priest Sunia.

According to him, the arrangement of the land is indeed very close to Geger Temple. From the project’s outer fence to Geger Temple, it is just 25 meters away.

Of course, this can disrupt the temple sanctity. According to him, the government already has a rule about the distance on the temple sanctity radius. Responding to this condition, the government is expected to keep in mind the temple sanctity radius where building may be established.

Nevertheless, he did not dare to respond. If the permit has been issued by the government, the project will surely remain to go on. “I can say nothing if the permission has been issued by the government,” added Sunia. (kmb23)

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Remember ‘Avatar’?

Disney sure hopes you do NEW YORK — You may not have thought much about the 2009 movie “Avatar” over the past eight years, but Disney sure has. The Magic Kingdom is wagering a reported half-billion dollars that you and zillions of other people will line up for new theme park attractions based on the movie’s bioluminescent world of Pandora.

It’s a major gamble, even by Disney standards. While the movie smashed box-office records thanks to its dazzling 3-D effects and higher 3-D ticket prices, it’s also left little but a fading echo in pop-culture consciousness. There are no “Avatar” sequels, at least yet, and no spinoffs; memorable characters and catchphrases are also in short supply.

“I’ve never seen anybody ever walking down street wearing an Avatar t-shirt,” says Martin Lewison, a theme park expert and business management professor at Farmingdale State College in New York. “There’s no real emotional connection with ‘Avatar’ among the public despite the movie being so popular.”

CULTURAL PLUNDER But theme parks are big business, and Disney is counting on what its executives call “Avatar Land” — the official name is “Pandora - World of Avatar” — to help keep that engine humming. In the fiscal year that ended in October, parks and resorts accounted for 31 percent of Disney’s nearly $56 billion in revenue, though only 21 percent of its nearly $16 billion in operating profit.

Disney also wants to prove it can turn its newer cultural properties, which include “Star Wars” and the Marvel superhero franchise, into popular themepark attractions. In that, it’s basically playing catch-up with rival Universal Studios, which launched a hugely successful Harry Potter theme park in 2010.

Now the big question is whether Disney can pull that off with Avatar Land, or if it’s just chasing unobtainium. (Yes, that’s an “Avatar” reference . See?) On Tuesday, Disney reported earnings of $2.39 billion for the quarter ended April 1, up 11 percent from $2.14 billion a year earlier. Revenues rose 3 percent to $13.34 billion in the period, up from $12.97 billion. Parks and

resorts revenue rose 9 percent in the period to $4.3 billion; operating profit in the segment jumped 20 percent to $750 million.

Revenue at Disney’s cable networks segment also grew, but operating income declined due to higher programming costs at ESPN. The sports network recently announced layoffs of about 100 employees.

ODD PROPERTY James Cameron, the mercurial director famous for “Titanic” and several other blockbusters, has been promising “Avatar” sequels almost since the original premiered. One had been in development since 2010. Disney licensed the park rights in 2011, when a sequel didn’t seem that far off.

Little did Disney know. In 2013, Cameron announced his intention to film three follow-on films simultaneously, for release starting in 2016. But the date was pushed back until 2017, then 2018. In March, Cameron said 2018 was “not happening .” In April, he announced the start of production on four sequels now scheduled to roll out from 2020 to 2025 .

That left Disney to plunge ahead on its own with Avatar Land, which opens May 27 at Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park in Florida. If all goes well, the park “will promote the films and the new films will of course circle back and promote the land,” Lewison says.

But for the moment, Disney seems to be selling the opposite of such synergy. The company currently aims to wow parkgoers with attractions focused on the landscape and wildlife of Pandora, whether or not they remember the original movie.

The primary rides showcase the world’s creatures and plant life rather than characters or events from “Avatar.”

Joe Rohde, the park’s design and production leader, makes that disconnect explicit, describing the park as a way to visit part

of Pandora that has nothing to do with the movie’s clash between Pandora’s blue Na’vi race and mineral-hungry human industrialists. Now, he says, “you’re free to have your own adventure without worrying about what happened to somebody else some other time.”

BEATING HARRY POTTER One big reason the Walt Disney Co. has pushed ahead with Avatar Land — not to mention “Star Wars”-themed attractions scheduled to open in 2019 — is the rising threat posed by Universal’s The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

In 2015, about 138 million people visited Walt Disney Attractions, up nearly 3 percent from the prior year. Universal Parks and Resorts saw less than a third as many visitors — 45 million — but that figure was up nearly 12 percent, according to the trade group Theme Entertainment Association .

“What Harry Potter did was to become a big public success and financial one as well,” says John Gerner, managing director of theme park consulting firm Leisure Business Advisors. “It really set a new bar for our industry.”

Of course, Avatar is a very different brand than Harry Potter, which has launched nine feature films to date, including an entirely new series whose second installment is due next year — well before the first “Avatar” sequel.

In that sense, the main event may really begin in 2019, when Disney is scheduled to open two new “Star Wars” parks at Disneyland in California and Walt Disney World in Florida. Universal Studios plans Nintendo-themed attractions at its parks in Florida and Japan beginning in 2020.

“There’s a rule in the themepark industry right now, ‘Keep building, keep building up capital infrastructure,’” says Lewison. “That is driving attendance — everybody wants to go check out all the new stuff.” (ap)

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Tenganan Pegringsingan village, heritage city asset of Karangasem

TENGANAN Pegringsingan village in the district of Karangasem never fails to provide a uniwue kind of tourism. This ancient village grows and develops but without ever loosng its distinctness as an a Bali Aga village. The patterns of life in the village are still based on customary rules inherited form their ancestors. This makes Tenganan Pegringsingan a unique tourist attraction village in Bali as is considered to be a great asset to Karagasem.

This rare village covers an area of ??917,200 hectares, that are divided into 255,840 hectares of paddy fields, and 583,035 hectares of dry land consisting of moor and forest. Meanwhile, the remaining 78.325 hectares are used fro residential uildings and social facilitites.

Geographical data from the regional development planning board (Bappeda) of Karangasem show that the village isflanked by two hills and is nodrdered in to the north by Muncan village, to the east with Bungaya and Asak villages, to the south by Pasedahan village and to the west with Ngis customary village.

Tenganan Pegringsingan village is located at an altitude of 50 to 500 meters above sea level with a temperature of 28-30 degrees Celsius and rainfall of 620 mm per year. The population is only 688 people, consisting of 333 men and 355 women with a total of 232

families. Most of whom are farmers with some tourism entrepreneurs.

A variety of crafts are also made here including woven bamboo, carvings, painting on palm leaf (lontar). Visitors enjoy seeing the local buildings and the young craftsmen drwaing on palm leaves.

The people of Tenganan village have long been known for their skills in weaving geringsing cloth that is done using what is known as the double bond technique.

It is the only place in Indonesia where this technique is used and has become famous world wide.

“Local wisdom remains our mainstay and it will always be found in Tenganan Pegringsingan village”, said headman of Tenganan Pegringsingan, Putu Yudiana, not long ago.

This village also has a rich natural heritage including paddy fields, village forest, settlements, megalithic stones (legend of the village) and local flora and fauna

(buffalo). Culturally, there are the traditional houses and sacred buildings (great pavilion, meeting hall, temple and others). Non-physicals cultural heritage, include unique rituals and ceremonies, traditional calendars, crafts (geringsing woven cloth, weaving of creeping fern, palm leave and coconut wine) and local cuisine.

This Bali Aga village has recently had imporvements made to its public facilites such as an expanded parking lot and toilets at the entranced to the village.

Putu Yudiana added that apart from maintaining local wisdom, Tenganan Pegringsingan village has also finalized its trekking path that was started in 2013 as an added attraction for visitors. This trekking path extends from Bebandem or Kastala along five kilometers to Tenganan. Hopefully this tracking path can attract more tourists. Currently there are an average of 50,00 visitors per year. (gik)

Tangkup waterfall attraction

Water source flows from five springs

The TANGKUP waterfall attraction located at Undisan Kelod hamlet, Undisan, Tembuku, Bangli, has yet ot be known to many people as it has only been operating as a torist attractino for about a year and a half. Since it opened to the public, both local and foregn tourists have been coming to enjoy the crystal clear waterfall and to do purification rites.

To find the waterfall that is located behind the steep rock cliff, visitors must use a motorcycle to travel two kilometers along a narrow road to reach the falls from the main road. It is not accessible by car. On motorcycle or moutain bike it takes about 15 minutes, and on foot it takesa botu 40 minutes from the main road.

Attendant of Tangkup waterfall, I Made Sunarta, accompanied by colleague, I Wayan Gentos, said on Saturday (May 13) that the waterfall that has only been open to the public for a year and a half, continues to be promoted and have improvements made to it so that people will keep coming in the futur. “This tourist attraction officially opened to the

public on August 17, 2015”, said Sunarta.

Sunarta added tha there has been a gradual increase in the number of both local and foregin visitors who have come to enjoy the waterfalls and steep cliff, since it opened.

“On average there are about 6-8 visitors per day and at least on evisitor per day but on religious holidays like Galungan and Kuningan there can be hundreds of visitors a day” said Sunarta adding that the entrance fee is IDR 5,000 for locals and IDR 10,000 for foreigners.

The water fall is fed by five separate springs: the Kibul, Besi, Belatuk, purificatory site of Bathara Pucak Sari and the Getar spring.

Originally the waterfall was Belegiding Tangkup waterfall but they decided to shorten it to Tangkup waterfal to make it easier to remember. “So, word belegiding in Balinese means ‘high and slippery cliff’ ”, he said.

Sunarta also explained that this tourist attraction is managed by the local ‘tourism awareness group” (Porkdawis). Before that

the waterfall attractin had been mamaged by the Undisan Kelod customary youth club. Because so many local youths have left the village for either work or further education, the management of the waterfall was taken over by the Pordawis.

The funds generated from the entrance tickets, are used to construct supporting structures such as a guard post, toilets and changing rooms fro visitors who come to melukat (purification rite). As of yet, the changing room is still quite rudimentory, but Sunarta explained that once they have enough funds, they will make further imporvements, including creating a concrete guard post, instead of the bamboo one that stands there now. He added that he hopes to have government assistance for enlarging the road to the waterfall so that cars will be able to pass through it.

“Hopefully, the government will be able to provide assistance so that the road can be widened. With access to cars, there will be more visitors.

Many people complain that the road is too narrow” concluded Sunarta. (nan)

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The locals is giving explanation to the tourists who are visiting Tenganan Village

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Geger Temple

Spring emerges when seawater recedes

China pledges $124 bln for new Silk Road, says open to everyone

MANGUPURA - Geger Temple belongs is one of the dang kahyangan temples and is located at Peminge village, South Kuta. Jro Mangku Made Sania, 62, was seen waiting for the pickup service after presenting the offerings of pilgrims at Geger Temple on Saturday (Apr. 29).

To reach this temple, visitors must pass through dry fields and will occasionally see monkeys on the side of the road that leads to the temple.

It is said that Geger Temple was one of the resting places of Dang Hyang Dwijendra, a great Hindu sage. The temple was renovated in 1985 and again 1991. Now, Geger Temple stands firmly on the reef that juts out onto Geger Beach, so the beautiful beach can be seen from the top of the temple. “Before Danghyang Dwijendra (Danghyang Nirartha) went to Uluwatu, he had time to rest here”, said Mangku Sania.

Geger Temple consists of a beji (spring), a shrine for Ida Danghyang Dwijendra, Ida Dalem Pamutih and Ida Bathara Simpang Dalem Nusa, who use a tiger and a white monkey (maruti) as their vehicles.

A number of public figures and

officials have been to the temple to perform purification rites (malukat) and to ask for be blessed with offspring. Geger Temple is supported by two hamlets in Peminge village, South Kuta. However, many people from beyind these hamlets also come to pray a Geger Temple, including people from Java.

Not far from Geger Temple, down the stairs and over some rocks, visitors arrive at the temple spring or beji ,that is located on Geger Beach behind a huge rock.

The temple has several shrines, including a phallus or lingam where pilgrims do their purification rites. “During the full moon, new moon or on Kajeng Kliwon, there are eopel doing purification rites 24 hours a day” explained said Nyoman Romi, a merchant who sells his wares near the temple.

The spring around the beji is only accessible when the sea recedes in the afternoon. (kmb42)

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Children are playing kite on the field. During this time of year, kite playing become very popular in Bali. Various kind of kites can be seen in the sky.

Sanglah Hospital late reporting to police DENPASAR - Sanglah Hospital was late in reporteding a case of a corpse that was found in the waiting room of the local surgery clinic on Friday (May 12). The corpse whom many assumed was a sleeping man, was found at 08:15 in the morning, but was only reported to police authorities at 16:45. As a result, police had trouble taking fingerprints at the site as they had been too many other people passing through. The installatino of the police line was also late.

The finding of the corpse would normally be reported immediately by spokesperson for Sanglah Hospitla Kadek Nariyantha explained that they first had to ascertain whether the victim was a patient or was accompanying a patient. It turned out that the victim was neither.

When an announcement was made over the loudpeaker, no patients claimed the dead body as their family member nor were their any files on record of the victim having registered at eth hospital.

“We checked it all yesterday. We took time to make sure it was not a patient or someone accompanying a patient. Then we reported to police authorities. The unidentified victim was thought to be named I Wayan Denes. But upon further investigation this name in fact belings to the victim of a motocycle theft. The dead victim is still being reffered to as Mr. X. CCTV’s installed at the hospital were IBP/Citta Maya found to not be working, to the movements of the victim before death remain The police line is still placed on the waiting room of Sanglah Hospital where a dead body was found. unknown. (kmb42)

People watch a news report on North Korea firing a ballistic missile, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, May 14, 2017.

N.Korea fires missile days after new S.Korea leader pledges dialogue

SEOUL - North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Sunday in defiance of calls to rein in its weapons programme, days after a new leader in its old rival South Korea came to power pledging to engage it in dialogue.

The U.S. Pacific Command said it was assessing the type of missile but it was “not consistent with an intercontinental ballistic missile”.

Japanese Defence Minister Tomomi Inada said the missile could be of a new type.

The missile flew 700 km (430 miles) and reached an altitude of more than 2,000 km (1,245 miles), according to officials in South Korea and Japan, further and higher than an intermediate-range missile North Korea successfully tested in February from the same region of Kusong, northwest of its capital, Pyongyang.

North Korea is widely believed to be developing an intercontinental missile tipped with a nuclear weapon that is capable of reaching the United States.

U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed not to let that happen.

An intercontinental ballistic missile is considered to have a range of more than 6,000 km (3,700 miles).

Experts said the altitude the

missile tested on Sunday reached meant it was launched at a high trajectory, which would limit the lateral distance it travelled.

But if it was fired at a standard trajectory, it would have a range of at least 4,000 km (2,500 miles), experts said.

Kim Dong-yub, of Kyungnam University’s Institute of Far Eastern Studies in Seoul, said he estimated a standard trajectory would give it a range of 6,000 km.

Japan said the missile flew for 30 minutes before dropping into the sea between North Korea’s east coast and Japan. The North has consistently test-fired missiles in that direction.

“The launch may indeed represent a new missile with a long range,” said Jonathan McDowell of the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, referring to the estimated altitude of more than 2,000 km. “It is definitely concerning.”

In Washington, the White House said Trump “cannot imagine Rus-

sia is pleased” with the test as the missile landed closer to Russia than to Japan.

“With the missile impacting so close to Russian soil – in fact, closer to Russia than to Japan – the President cannot imagine that Russia is pleased,” it said.

The launch served as a call for all nations to implement stronger sanctions against North Korea, it added.

‘CLEAR VIOLATION’ Speaking in Beijing, Dmitry Peskov, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, told reporters Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping had discussed the situation on the Korean peninsula, including the latest missile launch and expressed “mutual concerns” about growing tension.

Putin is in Beijing for a conference on a plan for a new Silk Road.

Delegations from the United States, South Korea and North Korea are also there.

The launch, at 5:27 a.m. Seoul time (2027 GMT Saturday), came two weeks after North Korea fired a missile that disintegrated minutes into flight, marking its fourth consecutive failure since March. (rtr)

BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged $124 billion on Sunday for his ambitious new Silk Road plan to forge a path of peace, inclusiveness and free trade, and called for the abandonment of old models based on rivalry and diplomatic power games.

China has touted what it formally calls the Belt and Road initiative as a new way to boost global development since Xi unveiled the plan in 2013, aiming to expand links between Asia, Africa, Europe and beyond underpinned by billions of dollars in infrastructure investment.

China’s most important diplomatic event of the year, the two-day summit offers Xi another chance to bolster China’s global leadership ambitions as U.S. President Donald Trump promotes “America First” and questions existing global free trade initiatives like NAFTA. “We should build an open platform of cooperation and uphold and grow an open world economy,” Xi told the opening of the summit.

Xi said the world must create conditions that promote open development and encourage the building of systems of “fair, reasonable and transparent global trade and investment rules”.

“Trade is the important engine of economic development,” Xi said.

He said the world must promote the multilateral trade system, the establishment of free trade regions, and the facilitation of free trade.

MASSIVE FUNDING BOOST Xi pledged a massive funding boost to the new Silk Road, including an extra 100 billion yuan ($14.50 billion) into the existing Silk Road Fund, 380 billion in loans from two policy banks and 60 billion yuan in aid to developing countries and international institutions in new Silk Road countries.

In addition, Xi said China would encourage financial institutions to expand their overseas yuan fund businesses to the tune of 300 billion yuan.

Xi did not give a timeframe for the new loans, aid and funding pledged on Sunday.

Leaders from 29 countries are attending the forum, which ends on Monday.

Some Western diplomats have expressed unease about both the summit and the plan as a whole, seeing it as an attempt to promote Chinese influence globally.

China has rejected criticism of the plan and the summit, saying the scheme is open to all, is a win-win, and aimed only at promoting prosperity.

“What we hope to create is a big family of harmonious co-existence,” Xi said, adding pursuit of the initiative will not resort to outdated geopolitical manoeuvring.

“China is willing to share its development experience with all countries. We will not interfere in other countries’ internal affairs. We will not export our system of society and development model, and even more will not impose our views on others,” Xi said. (rtr)

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People take pictures of the “Golden Bridge on Silk Road” installation by artist Shu Yong, set up ahead of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China May 10, 2017.

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BEIJING - Australia is receptive to exploring commercial opportunities China’s new Silk Road presents to the country’s businesses, but any decisions would remain incumbent on national interest, Australian Trade Minister Steven Ciobo said on Sunday.

Workers make steel cages at a construction site in Huai’an, Jiangsu province, China May 14, 2017. national interest.”

China and Australia have close economic ties, but Beijing is suspicious of Canberra’s close military relationship with Washington.

On Friday, Australia’s most senior defence department official said China is conducting extensive espionage against Australia.

Ciobo also condemned North Korea’s latest firing of a ballistic missile early on Sunday, but would not be drawn on whether North Korea’s attendance at the summit – at

Beijing’s invitation – sent the wrong message at a time when the world was trying to pressure Pyongyang over its repeated nuclear and missile tests.

“There more than a thousand delegates that are here,” he said. “This is an event that has been organised by the Chinese to focus on the Belt and Road Initiative.”

The United States sent a diplomatic note warning to China on Friday that North Korea’s attendance at the summit could affect

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the participation of other countries, casting a shadow over what is Beijing’s biggest diplomatic event of 2017, two sources with knowledge of the situation said.

Some Western diplomats have expressed unease about both the summit and the plan as a whole, seeing it as an attempt to push Chinese influence globally.

Opening the summit on Sunday, Xi pledged $124 billion in funding toward the initiative. (rtr)

Greece cuts 2017 growth forecast

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Greek pensioners take part in a demonstration against planned pension cuts in Athens, Greece April 4, 2017.

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Australia receptive to China’s Silk Road, but national interest first Unlike New Zealand, which has signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation, Australia and other major Western economies have so far resisted overtures from Beijing to formally sign up to what is officially called the Belt and Road initiative.

The plan is Chinese President Xi Jinping’s signature foreign and economic policy espousing billions of dollars of infrastructure investment linking Asia, Europe, Africa and beyond.

Australia’s reluctance to commit stems at least in part from reservations against linking, at Beijing’s request, an extensive Northern Australia infrastructure development plan directly with China’s Silk Road, sources with knowledge of the matter have previously told Reuters.

Ciobo said there are a lot of opportunities for Australian businesses to be involved in China’s new initiatives.

“Although the Northern Australia initiative is separate to the Belt and Road Initiative, there are clearly complementarities there so we can share knowledge and we can share experience for the benefit of both nations,” he told reporters in Beijing, where he is representing Australia at a summit on the new Silk Road.

“We see much merit in the Belt and Road Initiative, we see opportunities for collaboration, but we take decisions about initiatives in Australia on the basis of what is Australia’s

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ATHENS - Greece cut its 2017 growth forecast to 1.8 percent from 2.7 percent, according to a mid-term budget plan unveiled late on Saturday, driven by uncertainty caused by delays in concluding the latest review of bailout reforms.

Greece and its foreign creditors reached a deal on reforms in early May after six months of tense negotiations but the wrangling hurt economic activity. The Greek central bank governor had warned the delays could hobble economic recovery.

The 2018-21 plan was submitted to parliament along with the reform deal which lawmakers need to approve.

It forecasts growth of 2.4 percent in 2018 and 2.6 percent in 2019. The projections are lower

than those of the EU Commission, which also cut its growth estimates last week to 2.1 percent this year from 2.7 percent forecast three months ago.

GDP growth was also set to shrink to 2.5 percent in 2018 from previously estimated 3.1 percent, the Commission said.

The government hopes that legislating the new measures by May 18 will allow its euro zone partners to approve the deal when they meet on May 22 and release a new tranche of bailout funds.

It also wants the ministers to sign off on the review to qualify for inclusion in the European Central Bank’s quantitative easing program and return to bond markets after three years of isolation. (rtr)

A place to purify yourself

Tirta Sudamala Temple is located in Sedit hamlet, Bebalang, Bangli. This temple is already well known by Balinese people who often visit the temple om the full moon, the new moon as well as major holidays such as Banyupinaruh. There are twelve water spouts that are used by worshippers to purify themselves with the temple water.

Tirta Sudamala Temple is close to the center of Bangli, and is easy to access. Since the temple is located in the bank of the Sangsang river, worshippers visiting the temple will often descend numerous staits to pruify themselves in Tirta Sudamala as well.

Hamlet chief of Sedit, Gusti Putu Kariyadnya, recently gave a brief explanation of the origins ot Tirta Sudamala Temple. An old inscription says that the establishment of the temple is related to the pilgrimage of Ida Pedanda Hender who, upon the request of the king of Bangli, went looking for a holy spring to take water from for a grandioase ceremony that was to take place. Ida Pedanda Hender started his pilgrimage from the south and sat in a plcae overgrown by many sambng plants to meditate about where he should go to find the stpring. During his meditation, a huge pig appeared. The pig proceeded to loosen the soil and formed a mound resembling a hill, in an attempt to distract Ida Pedanda Hender from his meditation.

One of Ida Pendanda Hender’s companions however saw what the

pig was doing and shooed the pig away. Because the mound abandoned by the huge pig resembled a hill, Ida Pedanda Hender then named the location Buung Hill. In his meditation Ida Pedanda Hender however did manage to find the location of the spring that he was looking for. He then resumed his

pilgrimage northwards until he reached the location of the Sudamala spring.

After Ida Pedanda Hender’s visit to the spring, the local people built a small shrine at the spring. The shrine was built near the current Tirta Sudamala water spouts. “Our senior figures once made a vow that

Tirta Sudamala woould be able to repel pests attacking their crops, if they set up a temple near the location of Tirta Sudamala” explained hamlet chief Kariadnya.

In fact, thanks to the Tirta Sudamala, the local community finally managed to keep the monkeys from invading their paddy fields. As

promised, the community then established a temple called Tirta Sudamala Temple. Until now, Tirta Sudamala Temple is supported by the community of Sedit hamle.

Temple celebrations for for Tirta Sudamala are normally held every six months (210 days) on Anggarkasih Prangbakat. (kmb)

Tumpek Krulut: Celebration of Gamelan to Invoke Divine Vibration

Hindu community in Bali has a special way to honor the gamelan musical instrument. It is carried out by holding otonan ceremony on the

Tumpek Krulut falling on Saniscara (Saturday) Kliwon Krulut. It is conducted every six months or 210 days. People who have gamelan,

the artists and gamelan art troupes are required to implement this ceremony.

Dr. I Gede Arya Sugiarta, Rector of the Indonesia Institute of the Arts (ISI) Denpasar, said that providing ritual for gamelan instrument was mentioned in the Prakempa palm-leaf manuscript on Balinese gamelan. It was mentioned there were four good ways to play Balinese gamelan namely the logic or philosophy, ethics, aesthetics and techniques to play gamelan.

In the ethics was then mentioned about the otonan for gamelan. To make the gamelan instrument well maintained psychically, it could be done with ritual on Tumpek Krulut. If people would like to learn gamelan, they should perform the ceremony on Tumpek Krulut. “Tradition of holding ritual for gamelan on Tumpek Krulut is indeed a new

tradition because we just realized it,” he said.

In the manuscript was mentioned that gamelan ritual was dedicated to God in his manifestation as the god of the arts. After the ceremony, it was expected that all gamelan musicians could play together. “It is based on the belief that after saying prayers people play gamelan together. In essence, it is building a sense of togetherness,” he said.

According to Dr. Arya Sugiarta, the tradition of providing ritual for gamelan began around the 1990s when the Dance Academy of Indonesia (former name of the ISI) learned about the Prakempa manuscript well. “Through our faculty and students, we try to disseminate the information, so that it has now become a tradition,” he added.

The manuscript also mentioned that people were not allowed to

overstep the gamelan as an effort to take care of the gamelan well.

In addition to offering some oblations, it should also be followed with good behavior. Essentially, it was the way how to respect to Balinese gamelan accordingly. “If it has been respected and cared for, it will automatically generate the taksu or divine vibration,” he added.

Prakempa manuscript, said Dr. Arya Sugiarta, mentioned the ethics in playing the gamelan such as related to people’s posture.

Gamelan should not be overstepped because the respected goods might not be overstepped. For example, Balinese drums might not be overstepped, but played on thighs in cross-legged position. “Having been respected in such a way, the taksu would appear by itself,” he said. (kmb)

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Trump pledges to move quickly to name new FBI director

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said on Saturday he will move quickly to nominate a new FBI director, after he sparked a political firestorm by firing the man investigating possible collusion between Russia and the Trump presidential campaign.

Trump told reporters he might even be able to make his decision on who should succeed James Comey to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation before he leaves on his first foreign trip on Friday.

“Even that is possible,” Trump said, speaking on Air Force One before departing for Lynchburg, Virginia, where he delivered a commencement address.

“I think the process is going to go quickly,” he said, adding that the candidates under consideration were mostly well known. “They’ve been vetted over their lifetime essentially. But very well known, highly respected, really talented people. And that’s what we want for the FBI.” Critics have assailed Trump for abruptly dismissing Comey, who was leading the agency’s investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, and possible ties between Moscow and the Trump campaign.

Russia denies the claims and the White House says there was no collusion.

Trump made the remarks to reporters prior to speaking to about 50,000 people at Liberty University in Lynchburg, where he did not mention Comey or the controversy his dismissal on Tuesday caused.

It was Trump’s first public event outside the White House since Comey’s ouster.

A White House official had said 11 people were under consideration

- including acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, Republican Senator John Cornyn, New York Appeals Court Judge Michael Garcia and former Assistant Attorney General Alice Fisher - to replace Comey as FBI chief.

Two new names, however, emerged on Saturday: FBI special agent Adam Lee and U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson. A source familiar with the process said Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his deputy, Rod Rosenstein, had interviewed Hudson, Lee and five others on Saturday.

The FBI Agents Association, which claims more than 13,000 active and retired agents as its members, on Saturday endorsed another candidate: former Representative Mike Rogers, who had also worked as an FBI agent.

At Liberty, the nation’s largest Christian college, Trump peppered his remarks with the kind of anti-establishment rhetoric that fueled his maverick presidential campaign, telling graduates to challenge “entrenched interests.” He thanked the crowd for their support and repeatedly invoked his own unlikely election victory.

“Relish the opportunity to be an outsider,” Trump said. “The more that a broken system tells you that you’re wrong, the more certain you should be that you must keep pushing ahead.”

He also had strong words that seemed aimed at his critics.

“No one has ever achieved anything significant without a chorus of critics standing on the sidelines explaining why it can’t be done,” Trump said. “Nothing is easier or more pathetic than being a critic, because they’re people that can’t get the job done.” (rtr)

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A projection of cyber code on a hooded man is pictured in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017.

Businesses bolster cyber defenses for new ransomware attacks

TORONTO - Businesses around the world scrambled on Saturday to prepare for a renewed cyber attack, convinced that a lull in a computer offensive that has stopped car factories, hospitals, schools and other organizations in around 100 countries was only temporary.

The pace of the attack by a destructive virus dubbed WannaCry slowed late on Friday, after the so-called “ransomware” locked up more than 100,000 computers, demanding owners pay to $300 to $600 get their data back.

“It’s paused but it’s going to happen again. We absolutely anticipate that this will come back,” said Patrick McBride, an executive with cybersecurity firm Claroty.

Symantec predicted infections so far would cost tens of millions of dollars, mostly from cleaning corporate networks. Ransoms paid so far amount to only tens of thousands of dollars, one analyst said, but he predicted they would rise.

Companies rushed to protect Windows systems with patches that Microsoft released last month and on Friday. WannaCry exploited a vulnerability to spread itself across networks, a rare and powerful feature that caused

infections to surge on Friday.

Code for exploiting that bug, which is known as “Eternal Blue,” was released on the internet in March by a hacking group known as the Shadow Brokers. The group claimed it was stolen from a repository of National Security Agency hacking tools. The agency has not responded to requests for comment.

The identity of the Shadow Brokers is not known, though many security researchers say they believe they are in Russia, which is a major source of ransomware and was one of the countries hit first and hardest by WannaCry. Cyber security experts, who have been on watch for months for an “Eternal Blue”-based attack, said on Saturday that they expect the computer code to be used in types of cyber attacks beyond extortion campaigns, including efforts to seize control of networks and steal data.

Governments and private security

firms on Saturday that they expect hackers to tweak the malicious code used in Friday’s attack, restoring the ability to self-replicate. Those expectations prompted businesses to call in technicians to work over the weekend to make sure networks were protected with security updates needed to thwart Eternal Blue.

“It’s all hands on deck,” said Shane Shook, an independent security consultant whose customers include large corporations and governments.

Guillaume Poupard, head of France’s national cyber security agency, told Reuters he is concerned infections could surge again on Monday, when workers return to the office and turn on computers.

The U.S. government on Saturday issued a technical alert with advice on how to protect against the attacks, asking victims to report attacks to the Federal Bureau of Investigation or Department of Homeland Security. (rtr)

Cyber attack...

concerned about cyber security in the healthcare sector, which deals with a lot of sensitive data, but declined to comment on whether Britain’s National Health Service had been adequately funded.

Defence minister Michael Fallon told the BBC the government under Prime Minister Theresa May was spending around 50 million pounds on improving the computer systems in

the NHS after warning the service that it needed to reduce its exposure to “the weakest system, the Windows XP”.

“The NHS was not particularly targeted. There were the same attacks applied to Nissan on Friday and in other areas of the economy and indeed around the world,” Fallon said. “But let me just assure you, we are spending money on strengthening the cyber defence of our hospital system.”(rtr)

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U.S. President Donald Trump arrives from Andrew’s Air Force Base aboard Marine One on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington in Washington U.S., May 13, 2017.

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“(There have been) remarkably few payments so far that we’ve noticed as we are tracking this, so most people are not paying this, so there isn’t a lot of money being made by criminal organisations so far.”

Wainwright said Europol had been

BANDUNG - Thousands of people gathered with candle lights on Diponegoro Street in front of Gedung Sate in Bandung, the capital of West Java province, Saturday evening, calling for preservation of justice and peace in the country.

“We are concerned about the current social and political development (in the country). We are concerned over the divisive and disintegrative efforts that have developed,” Tobing Jr., coordinator of the event, said.

He affirmed the event was not aimed at supporting Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) but at calling for peace, solidarity and prevention of divisions in the community.

“Our message is that we are concerned about the current condition.

We are not supporting Ahok or others, but we wish to express our concern about the nation. It is not an action for Ahok,” he reiterated.

He revealed that around 5,000 people were estimated to take part in the candlelight event. “They come from different ethnicity and religions. We embrace them all. What is important is the common goal, which is the integrity of Indonesia,” he remarked. After lighting candles, some of the participants returned home while others continued to be part the event at Gasibu field. Ahok, the former governor of Jakarta, was sentenced to two years in prison on May 9 after being proved guilty of blasphemy against Islam when he made a speech to encourage fishermen on Kepulauan Seribu in North Jakarta in September last year.

Ahoks supporters in many parts of the country have held candlelight vigils for the past few days following the courts decision, calling for justice for Ahok. Ahok lost in the Jakarta gubernatorial election, which some think was caused in part by his blasphemous statement that triggered several huge demonstrations by Muslims in the capital city.

The controversial figure known for his outspokenness and anticorruption stance is in detention while he awaits to initiate his appeal process against the verdict. (ant)

Three judges in Ahok`s case receive promotion

JAKARTA - Three of the five judges, who recently delivered a two-year prison sentence to Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) for committing blasphemy against Islam, have received promotion and post transfers.

The Supreme Court confirmed here on Saturday that stringent selection was carried out in the past three months before the decision to promote them was taken.

“We did not find any violation by the three judges,” Ridwan Mansyur, Supreme Courts head of law affairs and public relations, noted.

Mansyur said the people or the Judicial Commission are free to report to the Supreme Court any violations or flaws in connection with their transfers and promotion on May 10 or a day after they gave a verdict on Ahok. Chief Judge Dwiarso Budi Santiarto and jury members Abdul Rosyad and Jupriyadi received the promotion.

“The Supreme Court has been selective and transparent in conducting the selection for the promotion,” Ridwan remarked.

He said the selection process took three to four months, and so, it was a mere coincidence that its decision was announced just a day after the verdict on Ahok was given.

“Several aspects were taken into account, including ranks and work experience as well as their track records,” he noted.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court announced the promotion and post transfers for 388 judges, three of which were those who handled the blasphemy case involving Jakartas Christian governor.

Following the courts decision, Ahok has been placed in detention while his position as Jakarta governor has been revoked by the Ministry of Home Affairs and taken over by his deputy Djarot Syaiful Hidayat. (ant)

Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo

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President Jokowi attends opening of belt and road forum in Beijing

BEIJING - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) attended an opening ceremony of Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, at the China National Convention Center, here, Sunday.

Twenty nine heads of state and government are present in the Forum held on May 14 and 15, which is also known as Silk Road Summit.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday announced that Beijing will lend 380 billion yuan (US$55.09 billion) to support cooperation on its ambitious “One Belt, One Road” initiative to expand links between Asia, Africa and Europe.

“We should build an open platform of cooperation and uphold and grow an open world economy,” said Xi during the opening of the summit.

Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno LP Marsudi earlier said the Indonesian Government has intensified the implementation of infrastructure

and connectivity development program for better connectivity in the country.

“In the context of ASEAN, there is ASEAN Connectivity 2025,” she said.

President Jokowi and his Filipino counterpart, President Rodrigo Duterte, last April inaugurated a Davao-General SantosBitung roll on/roll off (RORO) Shipping Service, as part of the ASEAN Connectivity program.

Indonesia is open to cooperation with other countries, including in the context of “One Belt, One Road” initiative.

“Indonesia always emphasizes that cooperation must bring benefit to the people and contribute to stability and world peace,” Minister Retno Marsudi was quoted as saying by Bey

Machmudin, head of the Press, Media and Information Bureau of the Presidential Secretariat.

During his stay in Beijing, President Jokowi is scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Jokowi is also expected to meet several other leaders, including the prime ministers of Fiji and Poland, the Swiss president, IMF managing director, and Japans Liberal Democratic Party secretary general, to strengthen bilateral relations and international cooperation.

Several state officials accompanying President Jokowi and First Lady Iriana during the visit to China include Minister/State Secretary Pratikno and Head of the Investment Coordinating Board Thomas Lembong. (ant)

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Halep outlasts determined Mladenovic to retain Madrid title

MADRID - Simona Halep won the Madrid Open for the second consecutive year after staving off a fightback from Kristina Mladenovic, of France, to win 7-5 6-7 (5) 6-2 in a thrilling marathon three-setter on Saturday.

The Beach of Legian MANGPURA - The beach of Legian stretches for 2 km, starting from the northernmost point of Kuta Beach, where the Jalan Pantai Kuta beach road also ends.

The beach scene is similar to Kuta in terms of the usual beach offerings, ranging from parasol-shaded sun loungers and impromptu ‘beach bars’ selling cold drinks and Bintang, to roaming beach masseuses and peddlers selling knick-knacks and knock-off fashion items.

The beach of Legian does offer slight differences, though. The narrow beach road that separates the beach from the hotels, restaurants and bars of Legian is inaccessible by public traffic, meaning that it’s great for pedestrians and is less chaotic than its southern sister. To the north, there’s Double Six Beach, aka Blue Ocean Beach, a halfkilometre stretch of sand dominated by beach restaurants with colourful beanbags on the sand, shared with neighbouring Seminyak.

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Best Time to Visit As an alternative surf spot after Kuta, Legian is home to several notable surf schools, such as Rip Curl School of Surf.

Thanks to its sandy beach breaks, conditions are great for beginners. Most of the surfing in Legian is focused around Double Six Beach and in front of the Padma Resort.

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The third seed produced her best tennis in the decider after edging the first set and being pegged back in the second by 14th seed Mladenovic, who was playing in her first final at premier mandatory level, the grade immediately below grand-slam tournaments.

Romanian Halep was playing in her third Madrid final in four years, having lost the 2014 showpiece to Maria Sharapova, and her victory made her the second woman to retain the title after Serena Williams in 2013.

Halep took an even first set but grew frustrated in the second as Mladenovic came roaring back and the Romanian was given a code violation for throwing her racket in frustration in the direction of a ball boy at 30-0 down in the 12th game.

Mladenovic got off to a strong start in the tie-break and took the second set after winning two long rallies. But she had expended most of her energy and could not keep up with Halep, who served out the match in style by winning the game to love. (rtr)

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San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili, right, grabs a loose ball from Houston Rockets center Clint Capela during the first half in Game 6 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series, Thursday, May 11, 2017, in Houston.

OAKLAND — San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich has launched into the mind games ahead of its Western Conference finals series against the Golden State Warriors.

So, what will he do to prepare his defense to stop the high-flying Warriors?

“Pray,” Popovich quipped Saturday before the Spurs departed Texas for the Bay Area.

Stephen Curry could only chuckle at that one.

“Gamesmanship,” Golden State’s Curry said, “I love it.”

Popovich doesn’t have his old coaching pals Mike Brown or Steve Kerr fooled. Brown spent part of last season working unofficially alongside Popovich and is now coaching Golden State in place of the ailing Kerr, who attended practice Saturday for the first time in more than three weeks as he recovers from his latest procedure

to repair a spinal fluid leak that left him dealing with debilitating symptoms.

“That’s Pop,” Brown said with a laugh. “He’s doing a lot more than praying right now. He knows what he wants to do against us.”

As dominant as the Warriors have been sweeping through the first two rounds of the playoffs, praying might not hurt either.

Kevin Durant doesn’t care who is on the court for San Antonio, he knows that Popovich will have his group ready complete with a few surprises in the playbook.

Tony Parker is out the rest of the way with a leg injury. Kawhi Leonard is not at 100 percent because of a tender ankle. Tim Duncan is long ago retired.

“They’re a machine,” Durant said. “They just keep going at you, no matter who’s on the court. They run their system. Similar to us, I feel like, where a guy goes down,

somebody steps in.”

San Antonio thoroughly dismantled James Harden and Houston 114-75 in Game 6 on Thursday night behind LaMarcus Aldridge’s 34 points and 12 rebounds to close out the series as All-Star Leonard sat out nursing an injured left ankle he hurt in a Game 5 overtime win.

Golden State has barely been tested so far this postseason, going 8-0 against Portland and Utah.

Sure, it was nearly seven months ago when the Spurs came to town and thoroughly spoiled Durant’s muchhyped debut — a 129-100 whipping in the season opener — with the Warriors after his scrutinized departure from Oklahoma City.

“That seems like years ago to be honest,” KD said. “Both teams have gotten so much better.”

The Spurs are back in the Western Conference finals for the first time since winning the 2014 title. (ap)

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Sp rt Atalanta returns to Europe after Arsenal, Man City pile on pressure 26 years; Spal promoted in race for top 4 in EPL

ROME — Atalanta conceded a late equalizer and drew with regional rival AC Milan 1-1 in Serie A on Saturday but still celebrated its return to Europe after 26 years.

Atalanta is fifth, six points ahead of Milan with two rounds remaining.

The fourth- to sixth-placed clubs qualify for the Europa League, a competition that Atalanta has not participated in since 1991.

Gerard Deulofeu scored three minutes from time after Andrea Conti put Atalanta ahead just before halftime. “It’s a bit bitter.

We conceded one error and Milan scored. But we achieved our goal,” Atalanta striker Alejandro “Papu” Gomez said. “We started dreaming about Europe around Christmas and we’ve finally achieved our goal.”

Meanwhile, Milan’s winless streak extended to five matches.

Conti scored after Milan goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma failed to

collect a cross, while Deulofeu’s shot deflected in off defender Andrea Masiello.

Atalanta is on course to finish ahead of both of the Milan clubs — AC Milan and Inter Milan — for the first time, and could also match its best finish of fifth in 1948. Earlier, Fiorentina came from a goal down to beat visiting Lazio 3-2 and keep alive its hope of qualifying for the Europa League.

After Keita Balde Diao put Lazio ahead early in the second half, fellow Senegal international Khouma Babacar equalized for Fiorentina. Nikola Kalinic gave Fiorentina the lead with a rebound, and an own goal from Cristiano Lombardi put Fiorentina up by two goals. Alessandro Murgia pulled one back for Lazio in the 81st.

Lazio remained fourth while Fiorentina was seventh, one point behind Milan. Also, Ferrara-based

club Spal secured promotion back into Serie A after a 49-year absence.

The Serie B leader secured the celebration despite losing at Terni 2-1, because third-placed Frosinone also lost at Benevento.

With one round remaining, Spal held a two-point lead over Hellas Verona and was four points ahead of Frosinone. Verona wasted a chance to secure promotion, drawing with Carpi 1-1.

The top two finishers are promoted directly while the third-place finisher can be promoted directly if it holds a 10-point lead over the fourth-placed club. Otherwise there is a playoff to determine the third promoted squad. Frosinone is eight points ahead of fourth-place Citadella entering the final round.

Spal, which stands for Societa Polisportiva Ars et Labor, last competed in the top division in 1968.(ap)

Title in the bag, Conte sets sights on double

LONDON - Antonio Conte spent the immediate aftermath of Chelsea’s title-winning 1-0 victory at West Bromwich Albion on Friday being bounced skywards by his players but once back on terra firma his mind was already focusing on the next target -- the double.

In claiming the Premier League title at the first time of asking Conte matched the feat of Chelsea predecessors Jose Mourinho in 2004-05 and Carlo Ancelotti in 2009-10.

Ancelotti went on to win the FA Cup as well and one suspects the insatiable Conte will feel a sense of anti-climax if his side do not beat Arsenal at Wembley Stadium on May 27.

“My players show me a great attitude to try to do something great this season,” Conte said after the title triumph. “We were not lucky,

we did a great job. It’s important to rest. It is a great season but now we can win the FA Cup.” The Italian, winner of three Serie A titles as Juventus manager, has transformed Chelsea from flops to champions in one season with largely the same group of players.

Yet there were moments back in the autumn when things looked in danger of unravelling as defeats by Liverpool and Arsenal threatened to undermine a bright start to the season. Conte said the drubbing

by Arsenal, a game in which he switched to a three-at-the-back system midway through when his side trailed 3-0, was a turning point.

“That decision changed our season. We had to change and find a new suit for our team,” he said.

“In my mind there was this option to play a 3-4-3 because I knew I had the players to do that.”

PULIS PRAISE West Brom manager Tony Pulis was full of praise for Conte -- both for his infectious touchline

Benfica win fourth successive Portuguese title in style

LISBON - Benfica won the Portuguese league in style on Saturday, thrashing Vitoria Guimaraes 5-0 to clinch the title for the fourth season in a row.

The Eagles took an unassailable eight-point lead over arch-rivals Porto who have only two games

left to play.

Benfica, whose coach Rui Vitoria spent four years at Guimaraes, quickly settled their nerves when Franco Cervi and Raul Jimenez put them 2-0 ahead after only 16 minutes.

Pizzi added the third after a one-

two with Jonas and an emphatic finish and Jonas himself lobbed the fourth before halftime as Guimaraes, who had won their last seven league games, were blown away.

Jonas added the fifth from a penalty midway through the second half to complete the rout.(rtr)

enthusiasm and his ability to alter the tactics when his approach was going wrong.

“They’re worthy champions alright. They had a poor start, and Conte had to change things,” he said. “He’s made it his team.

Italian teams are tactically organised and well run. He changed their shape and they’ve been superb from that moment onwards.

“He recognised that he had to change it earlier in the season or he might have got changed himself.” Conte is the only manager in the top flight this term to use all three permitted substitutes in every league game.

He did it again on Friday and

once more his touch turned to gold with Belgian misfit Michy Batshuayi, a 76th-minute replacement for Pedro, scoring the goal six minutes later that meant Chelsea’s title party could start in earnest. “Michy paid me a lot with this change!” Conte said.

“It was great. It wasn’t easy for me to arrive in England and try different habits, a different language and inherit players after a bad season.

“Every game I feel like I have played with my players. I show my passion and my will, my desire to stay with my players in every moment of the game. This is me, I am this.”(rtr) Paolo Magni/ANSA via AP

Benfica’s supporters celebrate at Fatima after beating Guimaraes and winning the Portuguese Premier League title in Fatima, Portugal, May 13, 2017.

Atalanta’s Andrea Conti celebrates after scoring during a Serie A soccer match between Atalanta and AC Milan, in Bergamo, Italy, Saturday, May 13, 2017.

MANCHESTER — The swagger has returned to their play. The wins and the goals are piling up. Arsene Wenger, a target of abuse for much of the season, was even greeted with rapturous applause as he walked toward the fans.

Things are looking up for Arsenal as the team makes its traditional end-of-season charge for Champions League qualification from the English Premier League.

The question is: Have they left it too late? Arsenal produced one of its best performances of the season to beat Stoke 4-1 on Saturday and move to within one point of the top four with two games remaining.

If fourth-placed Liverpool fails to beat West Ham away on Sunday, Arsenal knows that victories over Sunderland on Tuesday and Everton on the final day will earn the team a place in the Champions League for the 20th straight season.

It’s some turnaround from a month ago, when Arsenal lost at Crystal Palace 3-0 and Wenger’s future was looking bleak amid strong criticism from a section of fans.

On Saturday, as he was making his way along the touchline toward the dressing room after the final whistle, Wenger gave a wave to Arsenal’s visiting supporters and they roared their approval. “At the moment, we have consistency,” Wenger said. “Let’s finish well.”

The pressure on Liverpool was ramped up even further by Manchester City beating Leicester 2-1 to move into third place, above the Reds. City has 72 points, Liverpool 70, and Arsenal 69. Manchester United is on 65 points in sixth place, with a game in hand.(ap)

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Sp rt Atalanta returns to Europe after Arsenal, Man City pile on pressure 26 years; Spal promoted in race for top 4 in EPL

ROME — Atalanta conceded a late equalizer and drew with regional rival AC Milan 1-1 in Serie A on Saturday but still celebrated its return to Europe after 26 years.

Atalanta is fifth, six points ahead of Milan with two rounds remaining.

The fourth- to sixth-placed clubs qualify for the Europa League, a competition that Atalanta has not participated in since 1991.

Gerard Deulofeu scored three minutes from time after Andrea Conti put Atalanta ahead just before halftime. “It’s a bit bitter.

We conceded one error and Milan scored. But we achieved our goal,” Atalanta striker Alejandro “Papu” Gomez said. “We started dreaming about Europe around Christmas and we’ve finally achieved our goal.”

Meanwhile, Milan’s winless streak extended to five matches.

Conti scored after Milan goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma failed to

collect a cross, while Deulofeu’s shot deflected in off defender Andrea Masiello.

Atalanta is on course to finish ahead of both of the Milan clubs — AC Milan and Inter Milan — for the first time, and could also match its best finish of fifth in 1948. Earlier, Fiorentina came from a goal down to beat visiting Lazio 3-2 and keep alive its hope of qualifying for the Europa League.

After Keita Balde Diao put Lazio ahead early in the second half, fellow Senegal international Khouma Babacar equalized for Fiorentina. Nikola Kalinic gave Fiorentina the lead with a rebound, and an own goal from Cristiano Lombardi put Fiorentina up by two goals. Alessandro Murgia pulled one back for Lazio in the 81st.

Lazio remained fourth while Fiorentina was seventh, one point behind Milan. Also, Ferrara-based

club Spal secured promotion back into Serie A after a 49-year absence.

The Serie B leader secured the celebration despite losing at Terni 2-1, because third-placed Frosinone also lost at Benevento.

With one round remaining, Spal held a two-point lead over Hellas Verona and was four points ahead of Frosinone. Verona wasted a chance to secure promotion, drawing with Carpi 1-1.

The top two finishers are promoted directly while the third-place finisher can be promoted directly if it holds a 10-point lead over the fourth-placed club. Otherwise there is a playoff to determine the third promoted squad. Frosinone is eight points ahead of fourth-place Citadella entering the final round.

Spal, which stands for Societa Polisportiva Ars et Labor, last competed in the top division in 1968.(ap)

Title in the bag, Conte sets sights on double

LONDON - Antonio Conte spent the immediate aftermath of Chelsea’s title-winning 1-0 victory at West Bromwich Albion on Friday being bounced skywards by his players but once back on terra firma his mind was already focusing on the next target -- the double.

In claiming the Premier League title at the first time of asking Conte matched the feat of Chelsea predecessors Jose Mourinho in 2004-05 and Carlo Ancelotti in 2009-10.

Ancelotti went on to win the FA Cup as well and one suspects the insatiable Conte will feel a sense of anti-climax if his side do not beat Arsenal at Wembley Stadium on May 27.

“My players show me a great attitude to try to do something great this season,” Conte said after the title triumph. “We were not lucky,

we did a great job. It’s important to rest. It is a great season but now we can win the FA Cup.” The Italian, winner of three Serie A titles as Juventus manager, has transformed Chelsea from flops to champions in one season with largely the same group of players.

Yet there were moments back in the autumn when things looked in danger of unravelling as defeats by Liverpool and Arsenal threatened to undermine a bright start to the season. Conte said the drubbing

by Arsenal, a game in which he switched to a three-at-the-back system midway through when his side trailed 3-0, was a turning point.

“That decision changed our season. We had to change and find a new suit for our team,” he said.

“In my mind there was this option to play a 3-4-3 because I knew I had the players to do that.”

PULIS PRAISE West Brom manager Tony Pulis was full of praise for Conte -- both for his infectious touchline

Benfica win fourth successive Portuguese title in style

LISBON - Benfica won the Portuguese league in style on Saturday, thrashing Vitoria Guimaraes 5-0 to clinch the title for the fourth season in a row.

The Eagles took an unassailable eight-point lead over arch-rivals Porto who have only two games

left to play.

Benfica, whose coach Rui Vitoria spent four years at Guimaraes, quickly settled their nerves when Franco Cervi and Raul Jimenez put them 2-0 ahead after only 16 minutes.

Pizzi added the third after a one-

two with Jonas and an emphatic finish and Jonas himself lobbed the fourth before halftime as Guimaraes, who had won their last seven league games, were blown away.

Jonas added the fifth from a penalty midway through the second half to complete the rout.(rtr)

enthusiasm and his ability to alter the tactics when his approach was going wrong.

“They’re worthy champions alright. They had a poor start, and Conte had to change things,” he said. “He’s made it his team.

Italian teams are tactically organised and well run. He changed their shape and they’ve been superb from that moment onwards.

“He recognised that he had to change it earlier in the season or he might have got changed himself.” Conte is the only manager in the top flight this term to use all three permitted substitutes in every league game.

He did it again on Friday and

once more his touch turned to gold with Belgian misfit Michy Batshuayi, a 76th-minute replacement for Pedro, scoring the goal six minutes later that meant Chelsea’s title party could start in earnest. “Michy paid me a lot with this change!” Conte said.

“It was great. It wasn’t easy for me to arrive in England and try different habits, a different language and inherit players after a bad season.

“Every game I feel like I have played with my players. I show my passion and my will, my desire to stay with my players in every moment of the game. This is me, I am this.”(rtr) Paolo Magni/ANSA via AP

Benfica’s supporters celebrate at Fatima after beating Guimaraes and winning the Portuguese Premier League title in Fatima, Portugal, May 13, 2017.

Atalanta’s Andrea Conti celebrates after scoring during a Serie A soccer match between Atalanta and AC Milan, in Bergamo, Italy, Saturday, May 13, 2017.

MANCHESTER — The swagger has returned to their play. The wins and the goals are piling up. Arsene Wenger, a target of abuse for much of the season, was even greeted with rapturous applause as he walked toward the fans.

Things are looking up for Arsenal as the team makes its traditional end-of-season charge for Champions League qualification from the English Premier League.

The question is: Have they left it too late? Arsenal produced one of its best performances of the season to beat Stoke 4-1 on Saturday and move to within one point of the top four with two games remaining.

If fourth-placed Liverpool fails to beat West Ham away on Sunday, Arsenal knows that victories over Sunderland on Tuesday and Everton on the final day will earn the team a place in the Champions League for the 20th straight season.

It’s some turnaround from a month ago, when Arsenal lost at Crystal Palace 3-0 and Wenger’s future was looking bleak amid strong criticism from a section of fans.

On Saturday, as he was making his way along the touchline toward the dressing room after the final whistle, Wenger gave a wave to Arsenal’s visiting supporters and they roared their approval. “At the moment, we have consistency,” Wenger said. “Let’s finish well.”

The pressure on Liverpool was ramped up even further by Manchester City beating Leicester 2-1 to move into third place, above the Reds. City has 72 points, Liverpool 70, and Arsenal 69. Manchester United is on 65 points in sixth place, with a game in hand.(ap)

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Halep outlasts determined Mladenovic to retain Madrid title

MADRID - Simona Halep won the Madrid Open for the second consecutive year after staving off a fightback from Kristina Mladenovic, of France, to win 7-5 6-7 (5) 6-2 in a thrilling marathon three-setter on Saturday.

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The beach of Legian does offer slight differences, though. The narrow beach road that separates the beach from the hotels, restaurants and bars of Legian is inaccessible by public traffic, meaning that it’s great for pedestrians and is less chaotic than its southern sister. To the north, there’s Double Six Beach, aka Blue Ocean Beach, a halfkilometre stretch of sand dominated by beach restaurants with colourful beanbags on the sand, shared with neighbouring Seminyak.

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The third seed produced her best tennis in the decider after edging the first set and being pegged back in the second by 14th seed Mladenovic, who was playing in her first final at premier mandatory level, the grade immediately below grand-slam tournaments.

Romanian Halep was playing in her third Madrid final in four years, having lost the 2014 showpiece to Maria Sharapova, and her victory made her the second woman to retain the title after Serena Williams in 2013.

Halep took an even first set but grew frustrated in the second as Mladenovic came roaring back and the Romanian was given a code violation for throwing her racket in frustration in the direction of a ball boy at 30-0 down in the 12th game.

Mladenovic got off to a strong start in the tie-break and took the second set after winning two long rallies. But she had expended most of her energy and could not keep up with Halep, who served out the match in style by winning the game to love. (rtr)

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There are Balawista lifeguard posts here, as well as in front of the Jayakarta Hotel and Double Six Beach. Red-and-yellow flags mean it’s safe to swim or surf, while solid red flags mean “beware of dangerous currents”.

Shopping and Dining The boardwalk of Legian Beach is lined with small art shops, but most of Legian’s main shopping scenes are away from the coastline. Designated walking streets include the two Poppies Lanes, Jalan Legian, Jalan Werkudara (aka Garlic Lane Shopping Street) and the Mertanadi Art Market on Jalan Melasti. Luxurious Legian dining and nightlife hotspots include SKAI Beach Club and Azul Beach Club, both just a hop over the boardwalk. Chilling on a tight budget is also very possible in Legian, with many choices of locally-run beach bars right on the sand. If you’re lucky, a cold Bintang can be as cheap as IDR 20,000 (USD 1.50) for a small 330ml bottle. (IBP/net)

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Warriors, Spurs series filled with familiar story lines

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San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili, right, grabs a loose ball from Houston Rockets center Clint Capela during the first half in Game 6 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series, Thursday, May 11, 2017, in Houston.

OAKLAND — San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich has launched into the mind games ahead of its Western Conference finals series against the Golden State Warriors.

So, what will he do to prepare his defense to stop the high-flying Warriors?

“Pray,” Popovich quipped Saturday before the Spurs departed Texas for the Bay Area.

Stephen Curry could only chuckle at that one.

“Gamesmanship,” Golden State’s Curry said, “I love it.”

Popovich doesn’t have his old coaching pals Mike Brown or Steve Kerr fooled. Brown spent part of last season working unofficially alongside Popovich and is now coaching Golden State in place of the ailing Kerr, who attended practice Saturday for the first time in more than three weeks as he recovers from his latest procedure

to repair a spinal fluid leak that left him dealing with debilitating symptoms.

“That’s Pop,” Brown said with a laugh. “He’s doing a lot more than praying right now. He knows what he wants to do against us.”

As dominant as the Warriors have been sweeping through the first two rounds of the playoffs, praying might not hurt either.

Kevin Durant doesn’t care who is on the court for San Antonio, he knows that Popovich will have his group ready complete with a few surprises in the playbook.

Tony Parker is out the rest of the way with a leg injury. Kawhi Leonard is not at 100 percent because of a tender ankle. Tim Duncan is long ago retired.

“They’re a machine,” Durant said. “They just keep going at you, no matter who’s on the court. They run their system. Similar to us, I feel like, where a guy goes down,

somebody steps in.”

San Antonio thoroughly dismantled James Harden and Houston 114-75 in Game 6 on Thursday night behind LaMarcus Aldridge’s 34 points and 12 rebounds to close out the series as All-Star Leonard sat out nursing an injured left ankle he hurt in a Game 5 overtime win.

Golden State has barely been tested so far this postseason, going 8-0 against Portland and Utah.

Sure, it was nearly seven months ago when the Spurs came to town and thoroughly spoiled Durant’s muchhyped debut — a 129-100 whipping in the season opener — with the Warriors after his scrutinized departure from Oklahoma City.

“That seems like years ago to be honest,” KD said. “Both teams have gotten so much better.”

The Spurs are back in the Western Conference finals for the first time since winning the 2014 title. (ap)

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Trump pledges to move quickly to name new FBI director

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said on Saturday he will move quickly to nominate a new FBI director, after he sparked a political firestorm by firing the man investigating possible collusion between Russia and the Trump presidential campaign.

Trump told reporters he might even be able to make his decision on who should succeed James Comey to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation before he leaves on his first foreign trip on Friday.

“Even that is possible,” Trump said, speaking on Air Force One before departing for Lynchburg, Virginia, where he delivered a commencement address.

“I think the process is going to go quickly,” he said, adding that the candidates under consideration were mostly well known. “They’ve been vetted over their lifetime essentially. But very well known, highly respected, really talented people. And that’s what we want for the FBI.” Critics have assailed Trump for abruptly dismissing Comey, who was leading the agency’s investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, and possible ties between Moscow and the Trump campaign.

Russia denies the claims and the White House says there was no collusion.

Trump made the remarks to reporters prior to speaking to about 50,000 people at Liberty University in Lynchburg, where he did not mention Comey or the controversy his dismissal on Tuesday caused.

It was Trump’s first public event outside the White House since Comey’s ouster.

A White House official had said 11 people were under consideration

- including acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, Republican Senator John Cornyn, New York Appeals Court Judge Michael Garcia and former Assistant Attorney General Alice Fisher - to replace Comey as FBI chief.

Two new names, however, emerged on Saturday: FBI special agent Adam Lee and U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson. A source familiar with the process said Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his deputy, Rod Rosenstein, had interviewed Hudson, Lee and five others on Saturday.

The FBI Agents Association, which claims more than 13,000 active and retired agents as its members, on Saturday endorsed another candidate: former Representative Mike Rogers, who had also worked as an FBI agent.

At Liberty, the nation’s largest Christian college, Trump peppered his remarks with the kind of anti-establishment rhetoric that fueled his maverick presidential campaign, telling graduates to challenge “entrenched interests.” He thanked the crowd for their support and repeatedly invoked his own unlikely election victory.

“Relish the opportunity to be an outsider,” Trump said. “The more that a broken system tells you that you’re wrong, the more certain you should be that you must keep pushing ahead.”

He also had strong words that seemed aimed at his critics.

“No one has ever achieved anything significant without a chorus of critics standing on the sidelines explaining why it can’t be done,” Trump said. “Nothing is easier or more pathetic than being a critic, because they’re people that can’t get the job done.” (rtr)

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Thousands of people in Bandung light candles for peace

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A projection of cyber code on a hooded man is pictured in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017.

Businesses bolster cyber defenses for new ransomware attacks

TORONTO - Businesses around the world scrambled on Saturday to prepare for a renewed cyber attack, convinced that a lull in a computer offensive that has stopped car factories, hospitals, schools and other organizations in around 100 countries was only temporary.

The pace of the attack by a destructive virus dubbed WannaCry slowed late on Friday, after the so-called “ransomware” locked up more than 100,000 computers, demanding owners pay to $300 to $600 get their data back.

“It’s paused but it’s going to happen again. We absolutely anticipate that this will come back,” said Patrick McBride, an executive with cybersecurity firm Claroty.

Symantec predicted infections so far would cost tens of millions of dollars, mostly from cleaning corporate networks. Ransoms paid so far amount to only tens of thousands of dollars, one analyst said, but he predicted they would rise.

Companies rushed to protect Windows systems with patches that Microsoft released last month and on Friday. WannaCry exploited a vulnerability to spread itself across networks, a rare and powerful feature that caused

infections to surge on Friday.

Code for exploiting that bug, which is known as “Eternal Blue,” was released on the internet in March by a hacking group known as the Shadow Brokers. The group claimed it was stolen from a repository of National Security Agency hacking tools. The agency has not responded to requests for comment.

The identity of the Shadow Brokers is not known, though many security researchers say they believe they are in Russia, which is a major source of ransomware and was one of the countries hit first and hardest by WannaCry. Cyber security experts, who have been on watch for months for an “Eternal Blue”-based attack, said on Saturday that they expect the computer code to be used in types of cyber attacks beyond extortion campaigns, including efforts to seize control of networks and steal data.

Governments and private security

firms on Saturday that they expect hackers to tweak the malicious code used in Friday’s attack, restoring the ability to self-replicate. Those expectations prompted businesses to call in technicians to work over the weekend to make sure networks were protected with security updates needed to thwart Eternal Blue.

“It’s all hands on deck,” said Shane Shook, an independent security consultant whose customers include large corporations and governments.

Guillaume Poupard, head of France’s national cyber security agency, told Reuters he is concerned infections could surge again on Monday, when workers return to the office and turn on computers.

The U.S. government on Saturday issued a technical alert with advice on how to protect against the attacks, asking victims to report attacks to the Federal Bureau of Investigation or Department of Homeland Security. (rtr)

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concerned about cyber security in the healthcare sector, which deals with a lot of sensitive data, but declined to comment on whether Britain’s National Health Service had been adequately funded.

Defence minister Michael Fallon told the BBC the government under Prime Minister Theresa May was spending around 50 million pounds on improving the computer systems in

the NHS after warning the service that it needed to reduce its exposure to “the weakest system, the Windows XP”.

“The NHS was not particularly targeted. There were the same attacks applied to Nissan on Friday and in other areas of the economy and indeed around the world,” Fallon said. “But let me just assure you, we are spending money on strengthening the cyber defence of our hospital system.”(rtr)

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“(There have been) remarkably few payments so far that we’ve noticed as we are tracking this, so most people are not paying this, so there isn’t a lot of money being made by criminal organisations so far.”

Wainwright said Europol had been

BANDUNG - Thousands of people gathered with candle lights on Diponegoro Street in front of Gedung Sate in Bandung, the capital of West Java province, Saturday evening, calling for preservation of justice and peace in the country.

“We are concerned about the current social and political development (in the country). We are concerned over the divisive and disintegrative efforts that have developed,” Tobing Jr., coordinator of the event, said.

He affirmed the event was not aimed at supporting Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) but at calling for peace, solidarity and prevention of divisions in the community.

“Our message is that we are concerned about the current condition.

We are not supporting Ahok or others, but we wish to express our concern about the nation. It is not an action for Ahok,” he reiterated.

He revealed that around 5,000 people were estimated to take part in the candlelight event. “They come from different ethnicity and religions. We embrace them all. What is important is the common goal, which is the integrity of Indonesia,” he remarked. After lighting candles, some of the participants returned home while others continued to be part the event at Gasibu field. Ahok, the former governor of Jakarta, was sentenced to two years in prison on May 9 after being proved guilty of blasphemy against Islam when he made a speech to encourage fishermen on Kepulauan Seribu in North Jakarta in September last year.

Ahoks supporters in many parts of the country have held candlelight vigils for the past few days following the courts decision, calling for justice for Ahok. Ahok lost in the Jakarta gubernatorial election, which some think was caused in part by his blasphemous statement that triggered several huge demonstrations by Muslims in the capital city.

The controversial figure known for his outspokenness and anticorruption stance is in detention while he awaits to initiate his appeal process against the verdict. (ant)

Three judges in Ahok`s case receive promotion

JAKARTA - Three of the five judges, who recently delivered a two-year prison sentence to Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) for committing blasphemy against Islam, have received promotion and post transfers.

The Supreme Court confirmed here on Saturday that stringent selection was carried out in the past three months before the decision to promote them was taken.

“We did not find any violation by the three judges,” Ridwan Mansyur, Supreme Courts head of law affairs and public relations, noted.

Mansyur said the people or the Judicial Commission are free to report to the Supreme Court any violations or flaws in connection with their transfers and promotion on May 10 or a day after they gave a verdict on Ahok. Chief Judge Dwiarso Budi Santiarto and jury members Abdul Rosyad and Jupriyadi received the promotion.

“The Supreme Court has been selective and transparent in conducting the selection for the promotion,” Ridwan remarked.

He said the selection process took three to four months, and so, it was a mere coincidence that its decision was announced just a day after the verdict on Ahok was given.

“Several aspects were taken into account, including ranks and work experience as well as their track records,” he noted.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court announced the promotion and post transfers for 388 judges, three of which were those who handled the blasphemy case involving Jakartas Christian governor.

Following the courts decision, Ahok has been placed in detention while his position as Jakarta governor has been revoked by the Ministry of Home Affairs and taken over by his deputy Djarot Syaiful Hidayat. (ant)

Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo

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President Jokowi attends opening of belt and road forum in Beijing

BEIJING - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) attended an opening ceremony of Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, at the China National Convention Center, here, Sunday.

Twenty nine heads of state and government are present in the Forum held on May 14 and 15, which is also known as Silk Road Summit.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday announced that Beijing will lend 380 billion yuan (US$55.09 billion) to support cooperation on its ambitious “One Belt, One Road” initiative to expand links between Asia, Africa and Europe.

“We should build an open platform of cooperation and uphold and grow an open world economy,” said Xi during the opening of the summit.

Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno LP Marsudi earlier said the Indonesian Government has intensified the implementation of infrastructure

and connectivity development program for better connectivity in the country.

“In the context of ASEAN, there is ASEAN Connectivity 2025,” she said.

President Jokowi and his Filipino counterpart, President Rodrigo Duterte, last April inaugurated a Davao-General SantosBitung roll on/roll off (RORO) Shipping Service, as part of the ASEAN Connectivity program.

Indonesia is open to cooperation with other countries, including in the context of “One Belt, One Road” initiative.

“Indonesia always emphasizes that cooperation must bring benefit to the people and contribute to stability and world peace,” Minister Retno Marsudi was quoted as saying by Bey

Machmudin, head of the Press, Media and Information Bureau of the Presidential Secretariat.

During his stay in Beijing, President Jokowi is scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Jokowi is also expected to meet several other leaders, including the prime ministers of Fiji and Poland, the Swiss president, IMF managing director, and Japans Liberal Democratic Party secretary general, to strengthen bilateral relations and international cooperation.

Several state officials accompanying President Jokowi and First Lady Iriana during the visit to China include Minister/State Secretary Pratikno and Head of the Investment Coordinating Board Thomas Lembong. (ant)

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BEIJING - Australia is receptive to exploring commercial opportunities China’s new Silk Road presents to the country’s businesses, but any decisions would remain incumbent on national interest, Australian Trade Minister Steven Ciobo said on Sunday.

Workers make steel cages at a construction site in Huai’an, Jiangsu province, China May 14, 2017. national interest.”

China and Australia have close economic ties, but Beijing is suspicious of Canberra’s close military relationship with Washington.

On Friday, Australia’s most senior defence department official said China is conducting extensive espionage against Australia.

Ciobo also condemned North Korea’s latest firing of a ballistic missile early on Sunday, but would not be drawn on whether North Korea’s attendance at the summit – at

Beijing’s invitation – sent the wrong message at a time when the world was trying to pressure Pyongyang over its repeated nuclear and missile tests.

“There more than a thousand delegates that are here,” he said. “This is an event that has been organised by the Chinese to focus on the Belt and Road Initiative.”

The United States sent a diplomatic note warning to China on Friday that North Korea’s attendance at the summit could affect

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the participation of other countries, casting a shadow over what is Beijing’s biggest diplomatic event of 2017, two sources with knowledge of the situation said.

Some Western diplomats have expressed unease about both the summit and the plan as a whole, seeing it as an attempt to push Chinese influence globally.

Opening the summit on Sunday, Xi pledged $124 billion in funding toward the initiative. (rtr)

Greece cuts 2017 growth forecast

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Greek pensioners take part in a demonstration against planned pension cuts in Athens, Greece April 4, 2017.

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Tirta Sudamala Temple

Australia receptive to China’s Silk Road, but national interest first Unlike New Zealand, which has signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation, Australia and other major Western economies have so far resisted overtures from Beijing to formally sign up to what is officially called the Belt and Road initiative.

The plan is Chinese President Xi Jinping’s signature foreign and economic policy espousing billions of dollars of infrastructure investment linking Asia, Europe, Africa and beyond.

Australia’s reluctance to commit stems at least in part from reservations against linking, at Beijing’s request, an extensive Northern Australia infrastructure development plan directly with China’s Silk Road, sources with knowledge of the matter have previously told Reuters.

Ciobo said there are a lot of opportunities for Australian businesses to be involved in China’s new initiatives.

“Although the Northern Australia initiative is separate to the Belt and Road Initiative, there are clearly complementarities there so we can share knowledge and we can share experience for the benefit of both nations,” he told reporters in Beijing, where he is representing Australia at a summit on the new Silk Road.

“We see much merit in the Belt and Road Initiative, we see opportunities for collaboration, but we take decisions about initiatives in Australia on the basis of what is Australia’s

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ATHENS - Greece cut its 2017 growth forecast to 1.8 percent from 2.7 percent, according to a mid-term budget plan unveiled late on Saturday, driven by uncertainty caused by delays in concluding the latest review of bailout reforms.

Greece and its foreign creditors reached a deal on reforms in early May after six months of tense negotiations but the wrangling hurt economic activity. The Greek central bank governor had warned the delays could hobble economic recovery.

The 2018-21 plan was submitted to parliament along with the reform deal which lawmakers need to approve.

It forecasts growth of 2.4 percent in 2018 and 2.6 percent in 2019. The projections are lower

than those of the EU Commission, which also cut its growth estimates last week to 2.1 percent this year from 2.7 percent forecast three months ago.

GDP growth was also set to shrink to 2.5 percent in 2018 from previously estimated 3.1 percent, the Commission said.

The government hopes that legislating the new measures by May 18 will allow its euro zone partners to approve the deal when they meet on May 22 and release a new tranche of bailout funds.

It also wants the ministers to sign off on the review to qualify for inclusion in the European Central Bank’s quantitative easing program and return to bond markets after three years of isolation. (rtr)

A place to purify yourself

Tirta Sudamala Temple is located in Sedit hamlet, Bebalang, Bangli. This temple is already well known by Balinese people who often visit the temple om the full moon, the new moon as well as major holidays such as Banyupinaruh. There are twelve water spouts that are used by worshippers to purify themselves with the temple water.

Tirta Sudamala Temple is close to the center of Bangli, and is easy to access. Since the temple is located in the bank of the Sangsang river, worshippers visiting the temple will often descend numerous staits to pruify themselves in Tirta Sudamala as well.

Hamlet chief of Sedit, Gusti Putu Kariyadnya, recently gave a brief explanation of the origins ot Tirta Sudamala Temple. An old inscription says that the establishment of the temple is related to the pilgrimage of Ida Pedanda Hender who, upon the request of the king of Bangli, went looking for a holy spring to take water from for a grandioase ceremony that was to take place. Ida Pedanda Hender started his pilgrimage from the south and sat in a plcae overgrown by many sambng plants to meditate about where he should go to find the stpring. During his meditation, a huge pig appeared. The pig proceeded to loosen the soil and formed a mound resembling a hill, in an attempt to distract Ida Pedanda Hender from his meditation.

One of Ida Pendanda Hender’s companions however saw what the

pig was doing and shooed the pig away. Because the mound abandoned by the huge pig resembled a hill, Ida Pedanda Hender then named the location Buung Hill. In his meditation Ida Pedanda Hender however did manage to find the location of the spring that he was looking for. He then resumed his

pilgrimage northwards until he reached the location of the Sudamala spring.

After Ida Pedanda Hender’s visit to the spring, the local people built a small shrine at the spring. The shrine was built near the current Tirta Sudamala water spouts. “Our senior figures once made a vow that

Tirta Sudamala woould be able to repel pests attacking their crops, if they set up a temple near the location of Tirta Sudamala” explained hamlet chief Kariadnya.

In fact, thanks to the Tirta Sudamala, the local community finally managed to keep the monkeys from invading their paddy fields. As

promised, the community then established a temple called Tirta Sudamala Temple. Until now, Tirta Sudamala Temple is supported by the community of Sedit hamle.

Temple celebrations for for Tirta Sudamala are normally held every six months (210 days) on Anggarkasih Prangbakat. (kmb)

Tumpek Krulut: Celebration of Gamelan to Invoke Divine Vibration

Hindu community in Bali has a special way to honor the gamelan musical instrument. It is carried out by holding otonan ceremony on the

Tumpek Krulut falling on Saniscara (Saturday) Kliwon Krulut. It is conducted every six months or 210 days. People who have gamelan,

the artists and gamelan art troupes are required to implement this ceremony.

Dr. I Gede Arya Sugiarta, Rector of the Indonesia Institute of the Arts (ISI) Denpasar, said that providing ritual for gamelan instrument was mentioned in the Prakempa palm-leaf manuscript on Balinese gamelan. It was mentioned there were four good ways to play Balinese gamelan namely the logic or philosophy, ethics, aesthetics and techniques to play gamelan.

In the ethics was then mentioned about the otonan for gamelan. To make the gamelan instrument well maintained psychically, it could be done with ritual on Tumpek Krulut. If people would like to learn gamelan, they should perform the ceremony on Tumpek Krulut. “Tradition of holding ritual for gamelan on Tumpek Krulut is indeed a new

tradition because we just realized it,” he said.

In the manuscript was mentioned that gamelan ritual was dedicated to God in his manifestation as the god of the arts. After the ceremony, it was expected that all gamelan musicians could play together. “It is based on the belief that after saying prayers people play gamelan together. In essence, it is building a sense of togetherness,” he said.

According to Dr. Arya Sugiarta, the tradition of providing ritual for gamelan began around the 1990s when the Dance Academy of Indonesia (former name of the ISI) learned about the Prakempa manuscript well. “Through our faculty and students, we try to disseminate the information, so that it has now become a tradition,” he added.

The manuscript also mentioned that people were not allowed to

overstep the gamelan as an effort to take care of the gamelan well.

In addition to offering some oblations, it should also be followed with good behavior. Essentially, it was the way how to respect to Balinese gamelan accordingly. “If it has been respected and cared for, it will automatically generate the taksu or divine vibration,” he added.

Prakempa manuscript, said Dr. Arya Sugiarta, mentioned the ethics in playing the gamelan such as related to people’s posture.

Gamelan should not be overstepped because the respected goods might not be overstepped. For example, Balinese drums might not be overstepped, but played on thighs in cross-legged position. “Having been respected in such a way, the taksu would appear by itself,” he said. (kmb)

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Geger Temple

Spring emerges when seawater recedes

China pledges $124 bln for new Silk Road, says open to everyone

MANGUPURA - Geger Temple belongs is one of the dang kahyangan temples and is located at Peminge village, South Kuta. Jro Mangku Made Sania, 62, was seen waiting for the pickup service after presenting the offerings of pilgrims at Geger Temple on Saturday (Apr. 29).

To reach this temple, visitors must pass through dry fields and will occasionally see monkeys on the side of the road that leads to the temple.

It is said that Geger Temple was one of the resting places of Dang Hyang Dwijendra, a great Hindu sage. The temple was renovated in 1985 and again 1991. Now, Geger Temple stands firmly on the reef that juts out onto Geger Beach, so the beautiful beach can be seen from the top of the temple. “Before Danghyang Dwijendra (Danghyang Nirartha) went to Uluwatu, he had time to rest here”, said Mangku Sania.

Geger Temple consists of a beji (spring), a shrine for Ida Danghyang Dwijendra, Ida Dalem Pamutih and Ida Bathara Simpang Dalem Nusa, who use a tiger and a white monkey (maruti) as their vehicles.

A number of public figures and

officials have been to the temple to perform purification rites (malukat) and to ask for be blessed with offspring. Geger Temple is supported by two hamlets in Peminge village, South Kuta. However, many people from beyind these hamlets also come to pray a Geger Temple, including people from Java.

Not far from Geger Temple, down the stairs and over some rocks, visitors arrive at the temple spring or beji ,that is located on Geger Beach behind a huge rock.

The temple has several shrines, including a phallus or lingam where pilgrims do their purification rites. “During the full moon, new moon or on Kajeng Kliwon, there are eopel doing purification rites 24 hours a day” explained said Nyoman Romi, a merchant who sells his wares near the temple.

The spring around the beji is only accessible when the sea recedes in the afternoon. (kmb42)

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Children are playing kite on the field. During this time of year, kite playing become very popular in Bali. Various kind of kites can be seen in the sky.

Sanglah Hospital late reporting to police DENPASAR - Sanglah Hospital was late in reporteding a case of a corpse that was found in the waiting room of the local surgery clinic on Friday (May 12). The corpse whom many assumed was a sleeping man, was found at 08:15 in the morning, but was only reported to police authorities at 16:45. As a result, police had trouble taking fingerprints at the site as they had been too many other people passing through. The installatino of the police line was also late.

The finding of the corpse would normally be reported immediately by spokesperson for Sanglah Hospitla Kadek Nariyantha explained that they first had to ascertain whether the victim was a patient or was accompanying a patient. It turned out that the victim was neither.

When an announcement was made over the loudpeaker, no patients claimed the dead body as their family member nor were their any files on record of the victim having registered at eth hospital.

“We checked it all yesterday. We took time to make sure it was not a patient or someone accompanying a patient. Then we reported to police authorities. The unidentified victim was thought to be named I Wayan Denes. But upon further investigation this name in fact belings to the victim of a motocycle theft. The dead victim is still being reffered to as Mr. X. CCTV’s installed at the hospital were IBP/Citta Maya found to not be working, to the movements of the victim before death remain The police line is still placed on the waiting room of Sanglah Hospital where a dead body was found. unknown. (kmb42)

People watch a news report on North Korea firing a ballistic missile, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, May 14, 2017.

N.Korea fires missile days after new S.Korea leader pledges dialogue

SEOUL - North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Sunday in defiance of calls to rein in its weapons programme, days after a new leader in its old rival South Korea came to power pledging to engage it in dialogue.

The U.S. Pacific Command said it was assessing the type of missile but it was “not consistent with an intercontinental ballistic missile”.

Japanese Defence Minister Tomomi Inada said the missile could be of a new type.

The missile flew 700 km (430 miles) and reached an altitude of more than 2,000 km (1,245 miles), according to officials in South Korea and Japan, further and higher than an intermediate-range missile North Korea successfully tested in February from the same region of Kusong, northwest of its capital, Pyongyang.

North Korea is widely believed to be developing an intercontinental missile tipped with a nuclear weapon that is capable of reaching the United States.

U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed not to let that happen.

An intercontinental ballistic missile is considered to have a range of more than 6,000 km (3,700 miles).

Experts said the altitude the

missile tested on Sunday reached meant it was launched at a high trajectory, which would limit the lateral distance it travelled.

But if it was fired at a standard trajectory, it would have a range of at least 4,000 km (2,500 miles), experts said.

Kim Dong-yub, of Kyungnam University’s Institute of Far Eastern Studies in Seoul, said he estimated a standard trajectory would give it a range of 6,000 km.

Japan said the missile flew for 30 minutes before dropping into the sea between North Korea’s east coast and Japan. The North has consistently test-fired missiles in that direction.

“The launch may indeed represent a new missile with a long range,” said Jonathan McDowell of the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, referring to the estimated altitude of more than 2,000 km. “It is definitely concerning.”

In Washington, the White House said Trump “cannot imagine Rus-

sia is pleased” with the test as the missile landed closer to Russia than to Japan.

“With the missile impacting so close to Russian soil – in fact, closer to Russia than to Japan – the President cannot imagine that Russia is pleased,” it said.

The launch served as a call for all nations to implement stronger sanctions against North Korea, it added.

‘CLEAR VIOLATION’ Speaking in Beijing, Dmitry Peskov, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, told reporters Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping had discussed the situation on the Korean peninsula, including the latest missile launch and expressed “mutual concerns” about growing tension.

Putin is in Beijing for a conference on a plan for a new Silk Road.

Delegations from the United States, South Korea and North Korea are also there.

The launch, at 5:27 a.m. Seoul time (2027 GMT Saturday), came two weeks after North Korea fired a missile that disintegrated minutes into flight, marking its fourth consecutive failure since March. (rtr)

BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged $124 billion on Sunday for his ambitious new Silk Road plan to forge a path of peace, inclusiveness and free trade, and called for the abandonment of old models based on rivalry and diplomatic power games.

China has touted what it formally calls the Belt and Road initiative as a new way to boost global development since Xi unveiled the plan in 2013, aiming to expand links between Asia, Africa, Europe and beyond underpinned by billions of dollars in infrastructure investment.

China’s most important diplomatic event of the year, the two-day summit offers Xi another chance to bolster China’s global leadership ambitions as U.S. President Donald Trump promotes “America First” and questions existing global free trade initiatives like NAFTA. “We should build an open platform of cooperation and uphold and grow an open world economy,” Xi told the opening of the summit.

Xi said the world must create conditions that promote open development and encourage the building of systems of “fair, reasonable and transparent global trade and investment rules”.

“Trade is the important engine of economic development,” Xi said.

He said the world must promote the multilateral trade system, the establishment of free trade regions, and the facilitation of free trade.

MASSIVE FUNDING BOOST Xi pledged a massive funding boost to the new Silk Road, including an extra 100 billion yuan ($14.50 billion) into the existing Silk Road Fund, 380 billion in loans from two policy banks and 60 billion yuan in aid to developing countries and international institutions in new Silk Road countries.

In addition, Xi said China would encourage financial institutions to expand their overseas yuan fund businesses to the tune of 300 billion yuan.

Xi did not give a timeframe for the new loans, aid and funding pledged on Sunday.

Leaders from 29 countries are attending the forum, which ends on Monday.

Some Western diplomats have expressed unease about both the summit and the plan as a whole, seeing it as an attempt to promote Chinese influence globally.

China has rejected criticism of the plan and the summit, saying the scheme is open to all, is a win-win, and aimed only at promoting prosperity.

“What we hope to create is a big family of harmonious co-existence,” Xi said, adding pursuit of the initiative will not resort to outdated geopolitical manoeuvring.

“China is willing to share its development experience with all countries. We will not interfere in other countries’ internal affairs. We will not export our system of society and development model, and even more will not impose our views on others,” Xi said. (rtr)

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People take pictures of the “Golden Bridge on Silk Road” installation by artist Shu Yong, set up ahead of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China May 10, 2017.

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Remember ‘Avatar’?

Disney sure hopes you do NEW YORK — You may not have thought much about the 2009 movie “Avatar” over the past eight years, but Disney sure has. The Magic Kingdom is wagering a reported half-billion dollars that you and zillions of other people will line up for new theme park attractions based on the movie’s bioluminescent world of Pandora.

It’s a major gamble, even by Disney standards. While the movie smashed box-office records thanks to its dazzling 3-D effects and higher 3-D ticket prices, it’s also left little but a fading echo in pop-culture consciousness. There are no “Avatar” sequels, at least yet, and no spinoffs; memorable characters and catchphrases are also in short supply.

“I’ve never seen anybody ever walking down street wearing an Avatar t-shirt,” says Martin Lewison, a theme park expert and business management professor at Farmingdale State College in New York. “There’s no real emotional connection with ‘Avatar’ among the public despite the movie being so popular.”

CULTURAL PLUNDER But theme parks are big business, and Disney is counting on what its executives call “Avatar Land” — the official name is “Pandora - World of Avatar” — to help keep that engine humming. In the fiscal year that ended in October, parks and resorts accounted for 31 percent of Disney’s nearly $56 billion in revenue, though only 21 percent of its nearly $16 billion in operating profit.

Disney also wants to prove it can turn its newer cultural properties, which include “Star Wars” and the Marvel superhero franchise, into popular themepark attractions. In that, it’s basically playing catch-up with rival Universal Studios, which launched a hugely successful Harry Potter theme park in 2010.

Now the big question is whether Disney can pull that off with Avatar Land, or if it’s just chasing unobtainium. (Yes, that’s an “Avatar” reference . See?) On Tuesday, Disney reported earnings of $2.39 billion for the quarter ended April 1, up 11 percent from $2.14 billion a year earlier. Revenues rose 3 percent to $13.34 billion in the period, up from $12.97 billion. Parks and

resorts revenue rose 9 percent in the period to $4.3 billion; operating profit in the segment jumped 20 percent to $750 million.

Revenue at Disney’s cable networks segment also grew, but operating income declined due to higher programming costs at ESPN. The sports network recently announced layoffs of about 100 employees.

ODD PROPERTY James Cameron, the mercurial director famous for “Titanic” and several other blockbusters, has been promising “Avatar” sequels almost since the original premiered. One had been in development since 2010. Disney licensed the park rights in 2011, when a sequel didn’t seem that far off.

Little did Disney know. In 2013, Cameron announced his intention to film three follow-on films simultaneously, for release starting in 2016. But the date was pushed back until 2017, then 2018. In March, Cameron said 2018 was “not happening .” In April, he announced the start of production on four sequels now scheduled to roll out from 2020 to 2025 .

That left Disney to plunge ahead on its own with Avatar Land, which opens May 27 at Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park in Florida. If all goes well, the park “will promote the films and the new films will of course circle back and promote the land,” Lewison says.

But for the moment, Disney seems to be selling the opposite of such synergy. The company currently aims to wow parkgoers with attractions focused on the landscape and wildlife of Pandora, whether or not they remember the original movie.

The primary rides showcase the world’s creatures and plant life rather than characters or events from “Avatar.”

Joe Rohde, the park’s design and production leader, makes that disconnect explicit, describing the park as a way to visit part

of Pandora that has nothing to do with the movie’s clash between Pandora’s blue Na’vi race and mineral-hungry human industrialists. Now, he says, “you’re free to have your own adventure without worrying about what happened to somebody else some other time.”

BEATING HARRY POTTER One big reason the Walt Disney Co. has pushed ahead with Avatar Land — not to mention “Star Wars”-themed attractions scheduled to open in 2019 — is the rising threat posed by Universal’s The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

In 2015, about 138 million people visited Walt Disney Attractions, up nearly 3 percent from the prior year. Universal Parks and Resorts saw less than a third as many visitors — 45 million — but that figure was up nearly 12 percent, according to the trade group Theme Entertainment Association .

“What Harry Potter did was to become a big public success and financial one as well,” says John Gerner, managing director of theme park consulting firm Leisure Business Advisors. “It really set a new bar for our industry.”

Of course, Avatar is a very different brand than Harry Potter, which has launched nine feature films to date, including an entirely new series whose second installment is due next year — well before the first “Avatar” sequel.

In that sense, the main event may really begin in 2019, when Disney is scheduled to open two new “Star Wars” parks at Disneyland in California and Walt Disney World in Florida. Universal Studios plans Nintendo-themed attractions at its parks in Florida and Japan beginning in 2020.

“There’s a rule in the themepark industry right now, ‘Keep building, keep building up capital infrastructure,’” says Lewison. “That is driving attendance — everybody wants to go check out all the new stuff.” (ap)

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Tenganan Pegringsingan village, heritage city asset of Karangasem

TENGANAN Pegringsingan village in the district of Karangasem never fails to provide a uniwue kind of tourism. This ancient village grows and develops but without ever loosng its distinctness as an a Bali Aga village. The patterns of life in the village are still based on customary rules inherited form their ancestors. This makes Tenganan Pegringsingan a unique tourist attraction village in Bali as is considered to be a great asset to Karagasem.

This rare village covers an area of ??917,200 hectares, that are divided into 255,840 hectares of paddy fields, and 583,035 hectares of dry land consisting of moor and forest. Meanwhile, the remaining 78.325 hectares are used fro residential uildings and social facilitites.

Geographical data from the regional development planning board (Bappeda) of Karangasem show that the village isflanked by two hills and is nodrdered in to the north by Muncan village, to the east with Bungaya and Asak villages, to the south by Pasedahan village and to the west with Ngis customary village.

Tenganan Pegringsingan village is located at an altitude of 50 to 500 meters above sea level with a temperature of 28-30 degrees Celsius and rainfall of 620 mm per year. The population is only 688 people, consisting of 333 men and 355 women with a total of 232

families. Most of whom are farmers with some tourism entrepreneurs.

A variety of crafts are also made here including woven bamboo, carvings, painting on palm leaf (lontar). Visitors enjoy seeing the local buildings and the young craftsmen drwaing on palm leaves.

The people of Tenganan village have long been known for their skills in weaving geringsing cloth that is done using what is known as the double bond technique.

It is the only place in Indonesia where this technique is used and has become famous world wide.

“Local wisdom remains our mainstay and it will always be found in Tenganan Pegringsingan village”, said headman of Tenganan Pegringsingan, Putu Yudiana, not long ago.

This village also has a rich natural heritage including paddy fields, village forest, settlements, megalithic stones (legend of the village) and local flora and fauna

(buffalo). Culturally, there are the traditional houses and sacred buildings (great pavilion, meeting hall, temple and others). Non-physicals cultural heritage, include unique rituals and ceremonies, traditional calendars, crafts (geringsing woven cloth, weaving of creeping fern, palm leave and coconut wine) and local cuisine.

This Bali Aga village has recently had imporvements made to its public facilites such as an expanded parking lot and toilets at the entranced to the village.

Putu Yudiana added that apart from maintaining local wisdom, Tenganan Pegringsingan village has also finalized its trekking path that was started in 2013 as an added attraction for visitors. This trekking path extends from Bebandem or Kastala along five kilometers to Tenganan. Hopefully this tracking path can attract more tourists. Currently there are an average of 50,00 visitors per year. (gik)

Tangkup waterfall attraction

Water source flows from five springs

The TANGKUP waterfall attraction located at Undisan Kelod hamlet, Undisan, Tembuku, Bangli, has yet ot be known to many people as it has only been operating as a torist attractino for about a year and a half. Since it opened to the public, both local and foregn tourists have been coming to enjoy the crystal clear waterfall and to do purification rites.

To find the waterfall that is located behind the steep rock cliff, visitors must use a motorcycle to travel two kilometers along a narrow road to reach the falls from the main road. It is not accessible by car. On motorcycle or moutain bike it takes about 15 minutes, and on foot it takesa botu 40 minutes from the main road.

Attendant of Tangkup waterfall, I Made Sunarta, accompanied by colleague, I Wayan Gentos, said on Saturday (May 13) that the waterfall that has only been open to the public for a year and a half, continues to be promoted and have improvements made to it so that people will keep coming in the futur. “This tourist attraction officially opened to the

public on August 17, 2015”, said Sunarta.

Sunarta added tha there has been a gradual increase in the number of both local and foregin visitors who have come to enjoy the waterfalls and steep cliff, since it opened.

“On average there are about 6-8 visitors per day and at least on evisitor per day but on religious holidays like Galungan and Kuningan there can be hundreds of visitors a day” said Sunarta adding that the entrance fee is IDR 5,000 for locals and IDR 10,000 for foreigners.

The water fall is fed by five separate springs: the Kibul, Besi, Belatuk, purificatory site of Bathara Pucak Sari and the Getar spring.

Originally the waterfall was Belegiding Tangkup waterfall but they decided to shorten it to Tangkup waterfal to make it easier to remember. “So, word belegiding in Balinese means ‘high and slippery cliff’ ”, he said.

Sunarta also explained that this tourist attraction is managed by the local ‘tourism awareness group” (Porkdawis). Before that

the waterfall attractin had been mamaged by the Undisan Kelod customary youth club. Because so many local youths have left the village for either work or further education, the management of the waterfall was taken over by the Pordawis.

The funds generated from the entrance tickets, are used to construct supporting structures such as a guard post, toilets and changing rooms fro visitors who come to melukat (purification rite). As of yet, the changing room is still quite rudimentory, but Sunarta explained that once they have enough funds, they will make further imporvements, including creating a concrete guard post, instead of the bamboo one that stands there now. He added that he hopes to have government assistance for enlarging the road to the waterfall so that cars will be able to pass through it.

“Hopefully, the government will be able to provide assistance so that the road can be widened. With access to cars, there will be more visitors.

Many people complain that the road is too narrow” concluded Sunarta. (nan)

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The locals is giving explanation to the tourists who are visiting Tenganan Village

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Monday, May 15, 2017

Results of national exam announced

Mapping of education quality not available yet DENPASAR —After the results of the national exam for high school and vocational school were announced on the National Education Day (May 2), the Bali education agency has not been doing the mapping related to the quality of education. It includes whether there is an increase or decrease in the average scores obtained by students.

“It has not been done, but in short, the implementation lasted smoothly. Whether the score decreases or increases, it depends on the input because the participants (students) of the exam are not the same as last year, they are different,” said Secretary of Bali Education Agency, I Wayan Serinah, when confirmed on Thursday (May 4).

Serinah also claimed not to know whether or not Bali is included in the national rankings of the highest average scores of the national exam in Indonesia.

When separately confirmed, Chairman of Commission IV of the Bali House of Representatives, Nyoman Parta, criticized the education agency for slow provision of information related to the results of the national exam. Particularly, it is the report on mapping of the quality of education on the Island of the Gods to the Bali House of Representatives, whether there is an increase or decrease in the performance.

“The head of the agency told me that it still is making data collection. In East Java, a day after the announcement of the national exam results, similar agency has got the result if there is a decline in the score of 15 percent when compared to last year’s national exam results because it was implemented more honestly,” he said.

Parta also mentioned that implementation of the national computer-based examination (UNBK) in Bali is still less than 60 percent for high school. From the data at hand, only 71 high schools carried out this computer-based examination, while the 110 two high schools implemented national paper-pencilbased exam (UNKP). In the meantime, for vocational school, 110 schools are registered to carry out computer-based exam while the 55 other schools implemented paper-pencil-based exam. Actually, the computer-based exam strongly supports the honest implementation of national exam.

“Next year, the computer-based exam must be implemented 100 percent if we want to get a genuine mapping about the quality of our education,” added this PDI-P politician.

Currently, Parta actually admitted to be disappointed because the computer-based exam cannot be implemented in all the high schools and vocational schools (SMA/SMK). This reflects to the results of working visit of Commission IV to East Java, where this year it has implemented 100 percent of computer-based exam. Actually, East Java has 3,000 high schools and vocational schools in 38 districts and municipalities. Some districts are even classified into minus and mountainous areas.

“So, Bali that is actually better has already lost out compared to the mountainous areas in East Java. This happens because the provincial education agency of the region took action swiftly.

From the beginning, it has been working with Telkom and PLN, so that the implementation is clear. Most schools also requested computer assistance from employers and parents,” he explained.

Parta added that education affairs do not have to be totally submitted to school. Participation of parents and other stakeholders is also important. If there are high schools or vocational schools having no enough computers, they can actually work with other agencies or junior high schools.

“It does not necessarily mean that when borrowing computers they must be brought to school. Alternatively, the students can be sent to have exam there (at the school where they borrow computers). It is just a matter of innovation and courage to make decisions,” he concluded. (kmb32)

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PTSP never issues permit for 3,000 condotel rooms

It’s only principle approval for 340 rooms

MANGUPURA — As reported previously, not far from Geger Temple, Sawangan hamlet, South Kuta, there is a land arrangement activity suspected of a condotel development plan with 3,000 rooms carried out by China Country Garden.

Related to the activity, the government of Badung through the investment and integrated services (PTSP) admitted to have never issued any permission for condotel, let alone the number of rooms reaching 3,000 units.

According to Acting Head of PTSP Badung, I Made Sutama, accompanied by the Head of Licensing and People’s Prosperity, A.A. Rahmadi, stated at Badung Civic Center on Friday (May 12) that so far his agency never issued condotel permit with 3,000 rooms. However, he did not deny that his agency had previously issued a principle approval in the region.

However, the principle approval is not for condotel but for hotel business with a total of 340 rooms only. “Well, we have issued a principle approval, but not for that (condotel with 3,000 rooms—Ed),” he said.

He said that the principle approval issued is on behalf of Tarsius Kuntara No. 4203/BPPT/ Prinsip Hotel/VI/2015 with a total of 340 rooms. The approval was issued on June 30, 2015 with an area of 14 hectares.

Sutama asserted that his agen-

cy never issued the principle approval and building permit (IMB) for the condotel. “Maybe the location is almost the same in the area, but not for the China Country Garden,” he said.

Currently, added Sutama, the principle approval issued for Tarsius Kundara may have expired. Since the principle approval issued in 2015, so far it has not been followed up with other licensing process. As is known, if a principle approval is not followed by another permit process later than a year, automatically the principle approval is no longer valid.

“We have checked that in fact the principal approval has not been followed up, such as by submitting the environmental impact analysis (AMDAL) and building permit (IMB), so that it automatically expires,” he continued.

Thus, if there is development activity at the location, then it can be declared to be illegal.

“If there is such development, it must be stopped,” he said.

When met separately, the priest of Geger temple, Made Sania, said that formerly the land at the location is owned by

two families of local residents.

But long time ago, the land was already sold to a resident from Jakarta. Not long ago, it is rumored if the land has been sold again, and purchased by a Chinese investor.

“F o r me r ly, th is lan d w as owned by local residents and was then purchased by a resident from Jakarta. After that, the land was resold,” said temple priest Sunia.

According to him, the arrangement of the land is indeed very close to Geger Temple. From the project’s outer fence to Geger Temple, it is just 25 meters away.

Of course, this can disrupt the temple sanctity. According to him, the government already has a rule about the distance on the temple sanctity radius. Responding to this condition, the government is expected to keep in mind the temple sanctity radius where building may be established.

Nevertheless, he did not dare to respond. If the permit has been issued by the government, the project will surely remain to go on. “I can say nothing if the permission has been issued by the government,” added Sunia. (kmb23)

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Melissa McCarthy adds spice (and Spicer) as host of ‘SNL’

NEW YORK — Melissa McCarthy once again brought comic spice plus Spicer to “Saturday Night Live.”

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In this June 10, 2008 file photo, a member of staff at Waterstones holds a story written by JK Rowling donated by the author, for the What’s Your Story? auction in aid of English PEN and Dyslexia Action, in London.

Rare Harry Potter prequel stolen in British burglary

After a spate of guest appearances mocking White House press secretary Sean Spicer in recent weeks, she was back on Saturday’s edition of the NBC satire show to preside as host.

One sketch featured McCarthy as the hot-tempered Spicer commandeering his motorized podium through the streets of midtown Manhattan - a sequence spotted by the media on

LONDON - A rare Harry Potter prequel handwritten by author J.K. Rowling on a postcard has been stolen during a burglary in central England, police said on Friday as they appealed for help from fans of the wizard across the world.

The 800-word story, set three years before Harry Potter is born and which sold for 25,000 pounds ($32,152) at a charity auction in 2008, was stolen from a property in Birmingham between April 13-24.

“Please don’t buy this if you’re offered it,” Rowling wrote on Twitter.

“Originally auctioned for @englishpen, the owner supported writers’ freedoms by bidding for it.”

The proceeds of the auction were donated to English PEN, an organisation which champions freedom of expression, and to Dyslexia Action.

“The only people who will buy this unique piece are true Harry Potter fans. We are appealing to anyone who sees, or is offered this item for sale, to contact police,” said Constable Paul Jauncey from West Midlands Police.

Handwritten over two sides of an A5 postcard, the untitled prequel features the characters Sirius Black and Harry’s father James. It opens with a youthful Sirius and James cornered by two irate policemen at the end of a high-speed motorcycle chase.

After an exchange of words with the policemen, the two teenagers make their escape using a touch of magic. The card concludes with the words “From the prequel I am not working on -- but that was fun!”

More than 450 million copies of the seven original Harry Potter books have been sold worldwide in 79 languages. The movie franchise has grossed more than $7 billion worldwide. (rtr)

Friday while it was being filmed.

The show began with Alec Baldwin reprising his piercing impersonation of President Donald Trump. Interviewed by NBC News’ Lester Holt (actually cast member Michael Che), Trump was asked if he could assure the nation he wouldn’t name someone “crazy” to replace ousted FBI Director James Comey. Trump said his choice would be “so bonkers” everyone would wish it were Judge Judy.

McCarthy took repeated pies to the face as a hapless contestant on a game show called “Just Desserts!”

T h e n things got even more physical with the latest White H o u s e p r e s s briefing spoof.

The

sketch began with cast member Aidy Bryant playing Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House aide who subbed for Spicer for a few days last week. But quickly Spicer jumped from the bushes just outside the press room to reclaim his spot, pushing Sanders aside.

“Let me put this whole Russian thing to bed: Trump is innocent,” he seethed at the press corps. “How do we know? Because he TOLD us so!”

Then a reporter asked, “Were you surprised Trump fired Comey before he fired you?”

Blowing his top, Spicer ripped down a support column and hurled it at the reporter.

But was this true? Was Spicer’s job really in jeopardy? Had Trump been feeding him lies?

Spicer cranked up his motorized podium and hit the road for New York to confront Trump and find out.

“Have you ever told me to say things that aren’t true?” Spicer asked Trump after tracking him down.

“Only since you started working here,” Trump replied.

Then they kissed and made up, literally, with Trump and Spicer locked in a tight embrace. (ap)

In this Tuesday, June 7, 2016 file photo, Melissa McCarthy arrives at the ELLE Women in Comedy Event at Hyde Sunset in Los Angeles. McCarthy once again brought comic spice plus Spicer to “Saturday Night Live.”

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A screenshot of the warning screen from a purported ransomware attack, as captured by a computer user in Taiwan, is seen on laptop in Beijing, Saturday, May 13, 2017. Dozens of countries were hit with a huge cyberextortion attack Friday that locked up computers and held users’ files for ransom at a multitude of hospitals, companies and government agencies.

Cyber attack hits 200,000 in at least 150 countries -Europol

LONDON - Friday’s cyber attack hit 200,000 victims in at least 150 countries and that number could grow when people return to work on Monday, the head of the European Union’s police agency said on Sunday. Cyber security experts say the spread of the virus dubbed WannaCry - “ransomware” which locked up computers in car factories, hospitals, shops and schools in several countries - has slowed, but that any respite might be brief.

Europol Director Rob Wainwright told ITV’s Peston on Sunday programme the attack was unique in that the ransomware was used in combination with “a worm functionality” so the infection spread automatically.

“The global reach is unprecedented. The latest count is over 200,000 victims in at least 150 countries, and those victims, many of those will be businesses, including large corporations,” he said.

“At the moment, we are in the

face of an escalating threat. The numbers are going up; I am worried about how the numbers will continue to grow when people go to work and turn (on) their machines on Monday morning.”

He said Europol and other agencies did not yet know who was behind the attack but “normally it is criminally minded and that is our first working theory for obvious reasons”.

“Of course there are amounts that are being demanded, in this

case relatively small amounts $300 rising to $600 if you don’t pay within three days,” he said.

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